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List of 1,200 Products Recalled by New England Compounding Center

Over the weekend, New England Compounding Center of Framingham voluntarily recalled all of its products, after recalling steroids, that have been linked to a national meningitis outbreak.

 

Over the weekend, New England Compounding Center of Framingham voluntarily recalled all of its products.

The Waverly Street specialty pharmacy recalled more than 17,000 steroids after health officials determined they were the likely cause of a national meningitis outbreak.

Since the recall, more than 115 people have contracted fungal meningitis from the steroid injections and 11 people have died in 9 states.

Health officials said 13,000 of the steroids distributed in 23 states, could be tainted with meningitis.

Although the specialty pharmacy is licensed to distribute in all 50 states, the steroids were not distributed in Massachusetts, according to NECC and health officials.

Readers from Framingham, and all over America, have been sending Patch emails, since we first reported on the outbreak, about what other type of products did the company make.

Click on the link below for all the products the company has manufactured in 2012:http://www.neccrx.com/List_of_all_products_manufactured_since_January_2012.pdf

If you suspect that you have taken or recieved a product on the list, contact you healthc are facility or doctor to see if they used NECC products.

Related Topics: CDC, FDA, Meningitis, Meningitis Outbreak, New England Compounding Center, and You Ask Patch Answers

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