Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

After a careful evaluation, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted a warning it placed on Rotarix, a vaccine used to prevent rotavirus disease. The warning was first issued in March 2010, which instructed doctors and parents not to give patients Rotarix until the agency could learn more about the presence of an extraneous virus in the vaccine, DNA from porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1).

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Cleocin HCL (clindamycin hydrochloride) capsules, an antibiotic used to treat serious infections caused by bacteria, has received a new black box warning about the risk of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) associated diarrhea (CDAD) that may range in severity from mild diarrhea to fatal colitis, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CDAD has been reported with use of nearly all antibacterial agents, including Cleocin HCL. Treatment with antibacterial agents alters the normal flora of the colon leading to overgrowth of C. Clostridium difficile.

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