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ns unearthed in Halloween candy on Long Island, New York, to Excedrin laced with mercuric chloride in Colorado. Johnson amp。 Johnson spent millions of dollars recalling Tylenol from stores nationwide. To prevent a recurrence, the FDA mandated new tamperproof seals for overthecounter drugs.羥苯基乙酰胺的悲劇在1982年的秋天,7名芝加哥人在吃了摻入了氰化鉀的強效羥苯基乙酰胺膠囊后死亡。這罪行一直未得以解決,整個城市陷入悲傷之中。幾天的時間里,警察上街用大喇叭提醒居民應當丟棄這種產(chǎn)品。這件有毒事件還促使出現(xiàn)了一批盲目模仿者。在隨后的一個月中,政府發(fā)現(xiàn)了270多件產(chǎn)品問題事件,從紐約長島發(fā)現(xiàn)的藏在萬圣節(jié)糖果中的大頭針到科羅拉多州摻了氯化汞的對乙酞氨基酚。強生公司花了數(shù)百萬美元用來在全國范圍內(nèi)的商店里召回羥苯基乙酰胺。為了防止再次出現(xiàn)不慎或故意對藥品額外添加東西,美國食品藥監(jiān)局要求所有在柜臺銷售的藥品使用新的密封措施。Merck39。s Vioxx NightmareOn Sept. 30, 2004, pharmaceutical giant Merck announced it would voluntarily recall its worldwide stock of Vioxx, an arthritis drug that had brought in $ billion in sales the previous year. Merck executives said the recall was a precautionary measure spurred by a study that found patients who took the drug for at least 18 months incurred more heart attacks and strokes. In 2007, Merck paid $ billion to settle 27,000 lawsuits from people affected by injuries or death associated with the drug.默克萬絡(Vioxx)的噩夢在2004年的9月30號,制藥巨頭默克公司宣布將自愿召回世界范圍內(nèi)的存貨,這種治療關節(jié)炎癥的藥物在過去的一年銷售收入達25億美元。默克的高級官員稱此次召回是對一項研究結果的預防措施,該研究顯示服藥此藥物超過18各月的患者將更有可能突發(fā)心臟病或中風。在2007年,默克公司為有關服用該藥導致疾病或死亡的27000起訴訟付出了485億美元You Might Want to Get That Checked Out ... AgainThere was bad news in 2002 for anybody who had recently taken a gonorrhea test. (Well, more bad news.) Pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories Inc. recalled about 750,000 test kits believed to give false negative results. The FDA remended that anyone who had tested negative over a period of nearly six months ask their doctor whether they should be tested a second time. The mishap carried serious potential health consequences: the disease can lead to sterility in women if left untreated. At least Abbott gave customers a refund.你不想再去提起的事情……在2002年接受淋病檢測的每個人都得到了不好的消息(至少是大多數(shù)是壞消息)。制藥巨頭雅培公司召回了被認定產(chǎn)生錯誤結果的大約750000套檢測設備。藥監(jiān)局建議在過去六個月被檢測出壞結果的人們應當向他們的醫(yī)生詢問是否要進行第二次檢查。這個小事故造成了嚴重的健康問題:如果不及時診斷疾病可能會導致不孕不育。至少雅培公司給予了消費者賠償。?: 7 /