Comments on: More Morphine Recalled Along with Other Generic Ethex Drugs

By: Lorna

Lorna — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:53:04 +0000

My father passed away from the contributing factor of Morphine. He had cancer, was prescribed the morphine, & was doing just fine until one night he started hallucinating & passed out. The paramedics initially asked us if he had overdosed on his medication. My Mother had actually cut down on his doses because of the way he was acting. At the hospital his stomach was pumped because they still thought he was overdosing, & a breathing tube was inserted. His blood pressure was so low that they had to pump him full of meds to bring it up. The Oncologist said it wasn’t the cancer that had him there, but that he had an extreme amount of “opiates” (morphine) in his system. He was in ICU for 2 weeks, never could breathe on his own, & finally passed away on January, 25th 2008. We got a letter from Walgreens stating that 3 bottles of his morphine were on the recall list with matching lot numbers. This was in April of 2008. Too little too late eh?

By: dean

dean — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:26:09 +0000

the VA who is my drug supplier, switched to ethex as the source of the oxycodone that i take for severe “restless leg syndrome” i imediately noted a decrease in effectiveness from 2and a half tabs h.s. to 3 and a half tabs. this is not an example of tolerence since i have been on the same dose since april 1999.

By: SHIRLEY

SHIRLEY — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:35:48 +0000

MY HUSBAND HAD BEEN TAKING MORPHINE SULFATE 30 MG TB FOR ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS WE PURCHASED THE TABLETS FROM WALGREEN’S , MOSS DRUG AND BI-LO IN GASTONIA,NC HE DIED IN APRIL 2008 HE HAD CANCER AND THAT IS WHY HE WAS ON THE MORPHINE I DON’T KNOW IF THIS DRUG HELPED CONTRUIBE TO HIS DEATH OR NOT BUT IT COULD HAVE

By: Hydromorphone Recall Lawyers - Lawsuits for Oversized Ethex Hydromorphone Tablets | Legal News & Updates Blog - Saiontz, Kirk & Miles

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:57:55 +0000

[...] Ethex has issued a number of recalls this year due to inadequate quality control procedures which allowed oversized or double strength tablets of generic drugs to be sold to consumers. In each of the recalls, they have indicated that only certain drugs were involved, but it appears clear that the quality control problems for this drug maker are systemic, calling into question the safety of any drugs manufactured by Ethex Corp. or their parent corporation, KV Pharmaceutical. [...]