Hissey Kientz LLP Urges Patients To Heed FDA Warning About Phospho ...

Austin, TX (Vocus) September five, 2009

The law firm of Hissey Kientz, LLP is warning shoppers to quickly stop using Fleet Phospho-soda items for any function, which includes bowel cleansing prior to a colonoscopy. In December 2008 the Foods and Drug Administration warned that Phospho-soda goods could result in irreversible damage to the kidneys. The C.B. Fleet Co. recalled its “Fleet Phospho-soda” and “Fleet Phospho-soda EZ-Prep Bowel Cleansing System” products shortly after the FDA warning.

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“Even with the FDA’s warnings about the aspect effects of Phospho-soda and Fleet’s recall of these merchandise, some colonoscopy patients are nonetheless being recommended to get Phospho-soda for bowel cleansing,” says attorney David Pal of Hissey Kientz. “Not only does this spot patients at chance of kidney hurt, but it directly contradicts the FDA’s warning about the security of these products.”

Phospho-soda is a form of saline laxative known as an oral sodium phosphate (OSP), which has been offered over-the-counter because the late-19th century. Throughout the 1990s, Fleet began advertising and marketing its Phospho-soda merchandise to buyers for pre-colonoscopy bowel cleansing.

In Could 2006, the FDA warned medical doctors and customers of a link between a condition recognized as acute phosphate nephropathy and the use of OSPs these kinds of as Fleet’s Phospho-soda. Acute phosphate nephropathy is a type of acute renal failure triggered by the formation of calcium phosphate crystals in the kidneys. These crystals can trigger kidney perform to turn out to be impaired, major to irreversible kidney injury or kidney failure.

The FDA issued its warning following obtaining a number of reports of individuals who formulated kidney failure and acute phosphate nephropathy after employing an OSP this kind of as Fleet Phospho-soda. The FDA warning stated that individuals who had been at an increased risk of acute phosphate nephropathy induced by Phospho-soda included the elderly, patients with kidney issues and people taking one particular of several varieties of medicines, including diuretics, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and specific kinds of soreness relievers.

In December 2008, the FDA issued a second warning about Phospho-soda, stating that the merchandise really should not be offered about-the-counter since of their danger for resulting in permanent kidney damage. As a result, Fleet issued a Phospho-soda recall, advising doctors to quickly end recommending these merchandise to individuals.

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