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More Generic Zantac Recalls Over Possible Contamination

More Generic Zantac Recalls Over Possible Contamination

Recalls of generic Zantac believed to be contaminated by a carcinogen continue to flood in. Two other firms have declared recalls of ranitidine heartburn meds in 150 mg and 300 mg doses. The news arrived even as the degree of the drug returns increased with Mylan’s impromptu recall of three lots of nizatidine capsules last week because the API in them also held dangerous levels of NDMA.

Why Companies Recalled Heartburn Medications

Why Companies Recalled Heartburn Medications

Shortly after the Federal officials announced the voluntary recalls of some pharmacies over NDMA, a drug filled with a potential human carcinogen, many other pharmacies have recalled the common variety of heartburn drug Zantac, called ranitidine, from shelves.

Zantac Generics Recall Grows Due to Cancer Risk

Zantac Generics Recall Grows Due to Cancer Risk

Additional generic editions of Zantac are being taken down from pharmacy shelves after officials detected low levels of a possible carcinogens in the heartburn medication.

Stryker Hip Implant Failures

Stryker Hip Implant Failures

The Stryker Tritanium Acetabular Shell, which restores the human hip socket, is built from a titanium alloy covered with a unique kind of porous foam. The foam enables bone cells to bind with it and grow, thereby increasing joint stability. However, a 2018 report in the journal Arthroplasty Today by doctors at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospitals described five hip implant failures related to Stryker’s Tritanium cups between 2011 and 2016.

Stryker Adds More Products to Hip Implant System Recall List

Stryker Adds More Products to Hip Implant System Recall List

Following its warning two years ago, Stryker recently updated the public about the LFIT Anatomic CoCr V40TM product line, and the news is not good. Stryker again warned orthopedic surgeons implanting the femoral heads that the risk continues to be "higher than expected" and in addition the company added eight more catalog numbers to its official recall list.

Green, Schafle & Gibbs Represents Couple in Stryker Hip Implant Suit

Green, Schafle & Gibbs Represents Couple in Stryker Hip Implant Suit

Green, Schafle & Gibbs represents a Pittsburgh couple who are suing Howmedica Osteonics Corporation d/b/a Stryker Orthopaedics for a defective hip implant. Attorneys Michael Schafle and Jon Acklen filed a complaint on behalf of their clients last month in US District Court alleging that Stryker’s hip implant had a design defect and failed.

Stryker Recalls Femoral Head Implants

Stryker Recalls Femoral Head Implants

Medical technology giant, Stryker Corporation, has issued an urgent voluntary recall of its femoral head implants due to evidence that they may cause serious medical issues.