Syrup pulled from pharmacy shelves
The glyceryl guaiacolate syrup has been withdrawn from all pharmacies in Panama as a precautionary move says a Social Security Fund (CSS) spokesman,
The Drug Commission of the CSS recommended that the product be withdrawn until the National Directorate of Pharmacy and Drugs of the Ministry of Health can confirm that it is complying with the quality standards required.
No further details of the events leading to the suspension have been released but it is known that the product was suspended after " suspected adverse reaction."
The drug was withdrawn from all pharmacies but it was not specified whether people who have used the medication should discontinue its use or whether to visit health centers.
It was learned that the lot in question is the 612 GIL, distributed by Laboratory Panama Prieto 23290 R6 health registry.
In February 2010 the Department of Pharmacy at the national level of CSS ordered the preventive suspension of the use and clearance of commercial product lots Laboratory syrup guaiacolate glyceryl San Rafael de Panama, because of potential adverse health effects.
On October 3, 2006, the first cases of patients poisoned with diethylene glycol were discovered which left a toll of about 305 certified deaths and many more Chronically sick as reported by the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.