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- 2011.04.06
Alert on use of Quinine Sulphate Products for nocturnal leg cramps
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 6) advised healthcare professionals and the public not to use pharmaceutical products containing quinine sulphate for the treatment of nocturnal leg cramps because of possible serious and sometimes fatal...
- 2011.04.06
Recall of a proprietary Chinese medicine with excessive pesticideresidues
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 6) urged members of the public not to consume a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) named "[Fu Xing Brand] Specific Qingyin Wan (American Ginseng)" (Registration number: HKP-14761) as it has been found to...
- 2011.03.23
Recall of Cebemyxine eye drops
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 23) endorsed the voluntary recall action adopted by a licensed drug wholesaler, Bausch & Lomb (Hong Kong) Ltd (B&L), which involves all batches of its Cebemyxine Eye Drops (Registration No.: HK-46420) due to...
- 2011.03.18
Public warned against buying claimed "iodide tablets"
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 18) alerted members of the public not to buy and definitely not to consume oral products claimed to be iodide tablets on the market. A spokesman for DH explained that yesterday (March 17), the Department's...
- 2011.03.18
Recall of Concentrated Sodium Chloride Injection due to qualitydefect
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 18) instructed three licensed wholesalers, namely Hui Tai Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd, Sino-Asia Pharmaceutical Supplies Ltd and United Italian Corporation (HK) Ltd, to recall 12 batches of Concentrated Sodium...
- 2011.03.15
Precautionary recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found by Macauto have excessive lead
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 15) urged members of the public not to buy or use a proprietary Chinese medicine named Pink Point Sexual capsule (HKP-02146), as it was just found by the Macau authority to have excessive lead during its...
- 2011.03.12
Immediate suspension of use of mislabelled Chinese herb "FlosCampsis"
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 12) alerted members of the public, especially those living in Tung Chung and its vicinity, to immediately stop taking a Chinese herb labelled as "Flos Campsis" if they had bought it from Fu Hong Medicine Co,...
- 2011.03.10
Recall of two unregistered drugs
A spokesman for the Department of Health (DH) today (March 10) called on members of the public not to buy or use two orally consumed commercial products targeted at male consumers, one called Venergy and another a Chinese medicine named Gold Seagull...