FDA Orders Label Change for TNF-Alpha Blocker Drugs to Warn Bacterial Infection Risk

By AT, Editor Thursday, September 08, 2011

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By Amy Tudor, Ph.D.News ProducerHealthCentralOfficials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced that they are placing a boxed warning on the labels of all tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitors that will warn consumers of the risk of infection from Legionella and Li...

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9/10/11 1:53pm

Hi,

Thank you for the information.

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9/10/11 3:49pm

Hi thank you AT i have gone this week to my pcp an he is thinking i might have colon problems thank you so much for sharing

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FDA Orders Label Change for TNF-Alpha Blocker Drugs to Warn Bacterial Infection Risk

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