bowel cleanserFDA to Add Strictest Warnings to Bowel-Cleansing Drugs

Two prescription bowel-cleansing drugs commonly taken before colonoscopies will receive the sternest safety warnings available after nearly two dozen patients reported suffering severe kidney damage after taking the drugs, the Food and Drug Administration said. The drugs, Visicol and OsmoPrep, are oral tablets made by Salix Pharmaceuticals. The FDA has received more than 20 reports of kidney failure in patients taking the tablets, known as oral phosphate products. The drugs will now have new boxed warnings added to their packaging …

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