Tucson Firm Investigated in Botulism-Related Paralysis
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Federal prosecutors and US Food and Drug Administration officials are investigating a Tucson company believed to have sold an unapproved botulism-based drug that has paralyzed four people in Florida and New Jersey.
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OAKLAND PARK, Fla. Four people remain hospitalized after receiving unapproved toxin from a Florida wrinkle clinic. Federal documents show the four were injected with large doses of raw, high-potency botulinum toxin sent from a California lab.
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MIAMI - A shared quest for external beauty took a macabre twist when a financially squeezed doctor who lost his medical license injected himself, his girlfriend and another couple with the paralyzing botulism toxin instead of the low-dose derivative Botox
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TUSCON, Ariz. -- Federal investigators say there may be a link between an Arizona company and anti-wrinkle injections that paralyzed four people in Florida.
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The family of a couple paralyzed after they allegedly received an unapproved toxin instead of botox has sued the company that makes the toxin, the clinic where they
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An Arizona firm under investigation in the Oakland Park botulism poisonings was selling unapproved anti-wrinkle toxin late last week, although the company had said it was closed, federal officials
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The company that makes Botox said on Tuesday it sold only two vials of the drug this year to an Oakland Park clinic that gave still-unidentified anti-wrinkle injections to four people now hospitalized with presumed botulism poisoning.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Tests to determine the source of the botulism toxin that left four people hospitalized were inconclusive, and it was unclear whether a cosmetic injection caused the paralyzing, potentially fatal illness, officials said Tuesday.
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The Arizona firm under investigation following the poisonings of four people with a knockoff form of Botox peddled its products aggressively to South Florida doctors, a well-known West Palm Beach cosmetic dermatologist said.
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A doctor and his wife are accused of injecting patients with an unapproved botulism toxin instead of Botox, authorities said.
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A Tucson prescription-drug wholesaler suspected of being linked to botulism cases in Florida has surrendered its licenses to the Arizona pharmacy board.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. They thought they were getting Botox injections to smooth out their wrinkles. Instead, a lawsuit alleges, a Florida couple got an unapproved toxin that&#39;s 200 times stronger.
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US federal prosecutors and Food and Drug Administration officials are investigating a firm that allegedly sold an unapproved copy of the anti-wrinkle drug Botox which paralysed four people.
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Investigators are focusing on whether an unapproved wrinkle treatment caused four people to be hospitalized with suspected botulism poisoning after they received injections at a Florida clinic, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
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WASHINGTON -- A Georgia meat processor has expanded its recall of canned meat products that may be connected to a botulism outbreak.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The investigation into four cases of botulism poisoning at a Fort Lauderdale clinic has expanded to a third state: California.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A couple who underwent Botox injections last week were hospitalized with botulism poisoning, and health officials were attempting to determine whether the injections were to blame.