Fungal meningitis.

[VaBluebird]

<p>Prednisone is not available as an injectable. There are other steroids which are available, i.e. triamcinolone and prednisolone. >>>>>></p>

<p>I’m sure you mean methylprednisolone.
Also dexamethasone.</p>

[emeraldkity4]

<p>Yes, Prednisone is the precursor to prednisolone, and since body theoretically converts prednisone into * prednisolone* in order to utilize it, I was using one descriptor to cover hormones that replicate hydrocortisone.</p>

<p>I wasn’t writing a prescription, I was pointing out that it is a common treatment used for allergic reactions to muscle spasms to migraines, to lupus & asthma, and I was surprised that a compounding pharmacy would be the only place to find it. ( which I don’t believe it is)</p>

<p>I’ve had methyl prednisolone acetate three times this year- for totally different things, even though it is not good to use it that often, I really didnt have a choice.
:(</p>

[Nova10]

<p>If you are filling per rx, then it is not manufacturing. It is when you fill for office supply that it becomes manufacturing. You can do it without getting a manufacturer’s license if it is <5% of total prescriptions i.e. the 5% rule.</p>

[BunsenBurner]

<p>[FDA:</a> Pharmacy’s other drugs may be causing illness | Health | The Seattle Times](<a href=“http://seattletimes.com/html/health/2019438383_apusmedmeningitisoutbreak.html]FDA:”>http://seattletimes.com/html/health/2019438383_apusmedmeningitisoutbreak.html)</p>

[emeraldkity4]

<p>Only two states randomly test medications sold by compounding pharmacies.
Guess which ones.</p>

<p>[Trade</a> group told compounding pharmacies how to skirt the FDA | Nation & World | The Seattle Times](<a href=“http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019499083_compounding23.html]Trade”>http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019499083_compounding23.html)</p>

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Unlike commercial drug manufacturers, compounding pharmacies are not bound by the agency’s so-called good-manufacturing practices, which require companies to report incidents when their medicine might have harmed patients. Usually the FDA learns about such cases only through the media or voluntary reporting.</p>

<p>In 2001, the agency looked at samples of compounded products from 12 different pharmacies, including antibiotics, steroids, and drugs to treat glaucoma and asthma, and found a third of the products failed one or more standard quality tests, mostly having to do with potency. A similar FDA survey in 2006 found the failure rate about the same.

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<p>Missouri & Texas. I was surprised too.</p>

[emeraldkity4]

<p>Now criminal charges have been filed.</p>

<p>[Feds</a> open criminal inquiry into firm linked to meningitis outbreak - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/health/massachusetts-outbreak-criminal-investigation/index.html?hpt=he_c2]Feds”>http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/health/massachusetts-outbreak-criminal-investigation/index.html?hpt=he_c2)
<a href=“CNN”>i</a> – Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the practices at the company linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that has led to 23 deaths, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick told reporters Tuesday.
In addition, the Board of Pharmacy has voted to revoke permanently the New England Compounding Center’s license to operate in Massachusetts as well as the licenses of the company’s three principal pharmacists, Patrick said.
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