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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: gothiclovemonkey on August 22, 2012, 09:30:51 PM

Title: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: gothiclovemonkey on August 22, 2012, 09:30:51 PM: My dad called me tonight and told me about this.... has anyone else heard this?

http://www.prweb.com/releases/freseniusdialysis/62012/prweb9652817.htm
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: Desert Dancer on August 22, 2012, 11:24:20 PM: Yeah, it's come up a few times. Bill Peckham has a thread up right now: http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=27340.0
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: AnnieB on August 23, 2012, 08:19:23 AM: When I clicked on glm's link and started reading, I was "interrupted" by a pop-up from the law firm offering to answer questions. Sounds like a class action is getting started.

Anne
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: cdwbrooklyn on August 23, 2012, 01:20:46 PM: Yes; it's advertised on my cable for patients that suffer a heart attack on dialysis (in-center) to call for compensation. It's very serious.
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: gothiclovemonkey on August 25, 2012, 07:01:10 AM: well, now im freaking out a little, my clinic uses that stuff, and i was just sent to er thursday because of chest pains, and my bp went sky high, s o they did a catheterization, found damage....
i just got home.
insane... could be coincidence? but i think ill call and ask about it...
i wouldnt, but since they are still using that stuff, i want to know if its still an issue, or if it was a past batch or what...
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: Desert Dancer on August 25, 2012, 10:15:01 AM: Quote from: gothiclovemonkey on August 25, 2012, 07:01:10 AM
i wouldnt, but since they are still using that stuff, i want to know if its still an issue, or if it was a past batch or what...

Every box in my house is under recall. They've just told doctors to double check how much of it they're prescribing.
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: glitter on August 25, 2012, 05:46:11 PM: I contacted the lawyers about it from the ad- its not a class action suit- they are taking it case by case and if you suffered multiple hospitalizations or heart attack or whatever they will consider you....
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: gothiclovemonkey on August 25, 2012, 05:59:45 PM: Ive never dealt with anything like this so i dont really know what anything means...

every box? doesnt that scare the crap out of you? im terrified.
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: billybags on August 26, 2012, 02:56:25 AM: This is so scarry for all the patients on this.
I remember when Baxters recalled our dialisate about 2 years ago because they found contamination in the factory may have got into the bags of fluid. It took them nearly 2 years to sorty this out, they had to close the factory which was in Ireland and we had to have our fluid from other countries.
What is annoying is that they know about it but it takes months to filter through to us the patients.
Hope they sort this out quickly.
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: CebuShan on August 26, 2012, 05:34:03 AM: This is scary! I haven't had a heart attack but I have been sent to the ER several times for chest pains. I wonder if it had something to do with this, like my body warning me?!
Title: Re: FDA RECALL ON DIALYSIS
Post by: gothiclovemonkey on August 26, 2012, 07:14:20 AM: Could be, i say it wouldnt hurt to call that lawyer... Even if you wouldnt get money for it, at least it would be on file and let those companies know they cant screw with us. We have to be proactive, before someone gets really hurt badly from this. Dialysis is supposed to be giving us life, not causing our death.