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FDA has required black label warning on two colon cleansing drugs used for the colonoscopy. These prescription drugs may cause renal impairment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
A black-box warning is know required on the orally administered sodium phosphate products Visicol and OsmoPrep, informing patients about the possible risk of acute phosphate nephropathy, a type of acute kidney injury.
“Twenty distinctive cases of renal injury coupled with the use of OsmoPrep have been reported to FDA,” Dr. Joyce Korvick, deputy director of FDA said. “Among these cases, three were biopsy-proven cases of acute phosphate nephropathy. The initiation of kidney dysfunction in these cases varied, occurring within the several hours of use of these products and in some cases up to 21 days after the use of the drug.”
In routine, patients of constipation take oral sodium phosphate products. These drugs can either be prescribed or OTC (over the counter), to clean the large intestines before a colonoscopy or used as a laxative.
Health conscious consumer always look for health-friendly diets, however, these consumer must keep in mind that many foods look health-friendly, but they are not in actual. Only few are aware of the fact that low-fat products have higher amounts of sodium than full-fat foods.
These are the findings of a report that has been published online in Consumer Reports magazine Monday.
In their study, the researchers analyzed nearly 36 common consumer food products available at supermarkets and they found higher amounts of sodium in some unexpected products even including such products as didn’t taste salty.
Jamie Hirsh, who is a health editor at Consumer Reports, states in a news release: “We have found that many low-fat food products available in the markets have higher amounts of sodium, as sodium is used in these foods to compensate flavor.”
