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admin
06-21-2003, 06:15 AM
Medical Product Safety Alerts:

Lipitor (atorvastatin) - Voluntary recall of three lots of 10 mg 90-count bottles. Healthcare providers warned that these three lots of counterfeit Lipitor represent a potentially significant risk to consumers.
(Posted 5/29/2003)

Viga Tablets - Recall of Viga, marketed as a dietary supplement. Viga contains the unlabeled drug ingredient sildenafil, which may pose possible serious health risks to some users.
(Posted 5/29/2003

Source: FDA

http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2003/safety03.htm#lipito

jacob
09-11-2007, 02:52 PM
So could these drugs present the risk of inducing dependence or not? And if there isn't any clear answer, at least one deducted from the activity of the drug treatment (http://www.drugrehab.net/) centers.