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Archived - Important Safety Information Regarding the Use of Effexor® (venlafaxine HCI) Tablets and Effexor® XR (venlafaxine HCI) Capsules in Children and Adolescents - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

CPSC, Graco Children's Products Announce New Safety Instructions to Prevent Injuries with Portable Play Yards with Raised Changing Tables

When children are placed in these portable play yards. when the changing table is still in place, they can crawl under and lift the table up. If this occurs, a child's head and neck can become trapped between the changing table and the play yard rail, causing a strangulation hazard. The recall is designed to warn consumers of this hazard, and to provide warning labels to affix to the changing tables.

CPSC, Apothecary Products Inc. Announce Recall of "Comforts" Pacifiers

These pacifiers fail federal safety tests, come apart, and can pose a choking hazard to infants and small children.

CPSC, Weber-Stephen Products Announce Recall of Gas Grills

The glass cover and components on the grill's thermometer can break, posing a risk of injury to the user or those nearby.

Archived - Important Safety Information Regarding Serevent (salmeterol xinafoate) for Asthma - For the Public

Archived – Important Safety Information Regarding Casodex 150 mg – Accelerated Deaths in Localized Prostate Cancer Patients – For the Public

Product safety

Archived - Accelerated deaths using Casodex® (bicalutamide) 150 mg in patients with localized prostate cancer

CPSC, Hayward Pool Products Inc. Announce Recall Pool Heaters

A malfunctioning circuit board can cause these gas pool heaters to fail to ignite, allowing gas to accumulate in the heater cover. Delayed ignition of built-up gas can result in a fire or explosion, causing property damage and injuries.

Archived – Important Medical Devices Safety Information – Product Correction and Removal on Your D-TRONplus Insulin Pump - For the Public

Medical devices

Archived – Urgent Product Correction and Removal on Disetronic Infusion Pumps, D-Tronplus Insulin Pump

Product safety

Archived – Disetronic H-TRON and H-TRONplus Insulin Pump – Disetronic Medical Systems, Inc.

Product safety

Archived – Important Medical Devices Safety Information on CypherTM Coronary Stents and Subacute Thrombosis

Product safety

Archived – Important Safety Information Regarding Estrogen Plus Progestin Tablets (PremplusTM) – For the Public

Product safety

Archived - Public advisory - Important Safety Information Regarding Gluconorm (REPAGLINIDE) and Gemfibrozil and the Risk of Severe and Prolonged Hypoglycemia - For the Public

Archived – Important Safety Information Regarding PAXIL® in Pediatric Patients – For the Public

Product safety

Archived – Important Information – Topamax (topiramate) – Janssen Othro Inc.

Product safety

Archived - Important Drug Warning - Paxil® - Until further information is available, PAXIL® (paroxetine hydrochloride) should not be used in children and adolescents under 18 years of age - GlaxoSmithKline

CPSC, Toshiba America Consumer Products Announce Recall of Rear Projection Televisions

If the capacitors short circuit, due to a very high electrical surge, such as from a lightening strike, the metal parts on the television could present a shock or electrocution hazard. In addition, the metal jacks on the back of the television or another metal box attached to the television could present a shock or electrocution hazard, as a result of the capacitors' failure.

CPSC, Ontel Products Announce Recall of Food Slicer

The exposed slicing blade on top of the unit can cut a consumer's fingers or hand during use.

CPSC, Trisonic Announce Recall of Nightlights

The nightlight poses a serious electrocution, electric shock, burn and fire hazard to consumers.

CPSC, Central Sprinkler Company Update Voluntary Recall To Replace O-Ring Fire Sprinklers

These sprinkler heads can corrode or minerals, salts and other contaminants in water can affect the rubber O-ring seals. These factors could cause the sprinkler heads not to activate in a fire.

CPSC, Country Home Products, Inc. Announce Recall to Repair Cordless Electric Lawnmowers

Because these lawnmowers lack a safety guard, a consumer's foot could go under the plastic housing and be struck by the blade. These lawnmowers do not comply with the mandatory federal safety standard for lawnmowers under the Consumer Product Safety Act.

Archived – Important Safety Information about the Risk of Heart Valve Problems for Patients Taking PERMAX® – For the Public

Product safety

Archived - Important Safety Information Regarding PERMAX® (pergolide mesylate) and Cardiac Valvulopathy - Eli Lilly Canada Inc. and Draxis Health Inc. - Health Professional Advisory