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Compounding pharmacies are doing a good job. this is a terrible, terrible anomaly and we need to get to the bottom of what happened here. if patients are concerned, ask your doctor, ask your clinic, are you receiving drugs from a compounding pharmacy or from a regular pharmaceutical manufacturer if thats your concern. jenna: do you think that the legitimate concern now because there are questions raised about regulation here, do you think that is a legitimate concern in a question that maybe pat...

Compounding pharmacies like the one where the steroid was produced. there were virtually none of these pharmacies back in 2000. now there are 3,000 of them in our country. the primary thing for these pharmacies is to make a liquid form of a pill, for example. like the big drug companies, compounding pharmacies are over seen by state boards and some suggest that might be one of the issues if any. dr. william shafner is back with us on the program. when you read these stories you wonder as a patie...

Also is located in the state of massachusetts. it has agreed to shut down to allow state and federal authorities in to inspect its operations, although it is a separate entity, it shares the same owners as the new england compounding center, the pharmacy that formulated the injectable back pain medication suspected in this meningitis outbreak. ameridose released a written statement saying, quote: this action was taken proactively and cooperatively with the board of registration of pharmacy out o...

Officials still believe that if they begin with treatment early, it will have the best possible outcome very important reasons, they need to identify and test the patient as soon as possible. jenna: we certainly hope the best possible outcome, jonathan. what is being done to prevent future outbreaks? reporter: there is already an effort underway to members in congress. in fact on a house committee on energy and commerce has sent a formal request to the fda requesting a briefing by the end of the...

Alone have died. officials say as many as 13,000 people may be at risk. 13,000 after getting injections for back pain and other joint problems. the massachusetts pharmacy at the center of the outbreak has since issued a voluntary recall of its products. the latest death is out of florida. it turns out that person died months ago before authorities linked the infection to the steroid shots. jonathan is in atlanta. this death in florida happened in july. what do we know about it? >> thats right. i...

A victim of this fungal men me meningitis outbreak. we should point out that this particular form of meningitis is not transmissible from person-to-person. it involved people who received steroid injections to their lower back. there are now 120 cases in ten states. the outbreak was initially traced to a fungus that apparently can tomorrow natured three lots of injectable pain medication compounded by a specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. tennessee health officials say theyve confirmed a second...

>>guest: there are compounding pharmacies that take medications and taylor -- tailor them for specific clinical use. there are many manufacturing plants. they are remote from the rigorous oversight of the food and drug administration. thats a problem. >>trace: as far as treatment goes, i know that experts are saying the people who have this, some are in go condition and some are in grave condition. if your immune system is compromised do you do worse than if you are younger and stronger? or does...

That say -- >> ive got the studies. they say there are no studies. i say yes, they are. european humans are the same as american humans. and there are studies out of the united states. theyre not patentable. our fda doesnt approve nonpatentble drugs. thats as simple as it is. are they going after me because i talk about things that cant -- >> be regulated necessarily? >> no, theyre regulated. compounding pharmacies have standards and they are overseen by the fda. so really, everything about them...

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To his stomach. it was a clear gasp. it sort of looked like a fish opening and closing its mouth. >> after an hour and 57 minutes the state pronounced him dead. the botched executions were a result of untested lethal drug cocktails. the consequence of a drug shortage. all 32 death penalty states are struggling to find lethal injection drugs after suppliers said they no longer wanted any part of capital punishment. some states are turning to compounding pharmacies, but refusing to disclose the so...