April 7, 2011 (UPDATED April 12, 2011) — Topical benzocaine sprays, gels, and liquids used as anesthesia during medical procedures and for analgesia from tooth and gum pain may cause methemoglobinemia ...

Another product recall has been announced but this time you won't have to toss something in your kitchen or worry about something you ate. For this one, check your medicine cabinet. Insight ...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Dec. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Insight Pharmaceuticals, a Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. company (“Insight”), is voluntarily recalling one lot of Americaine® 20% Benzocaine ...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A 2006 FDA advisory about the dangers associated with possible overdosing and erroneous administration of benzocaine products highlights the value of one ...

The FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that it has continued to receive reports of methemoglobinemia associated with benzocaine products. In 2006, FDA issued a Public Health Advisory ...

Parents: Your kids don't need topical soothing medicines for their teething gums, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is saying. In fact, Wednesday morning the FDA issued a warning against ...

Dental Dose is a twice-monthly video series featuring pharmacologist Tom Viola, RPh. In each episode, Viola shares bite-sized pieces of dental pharmacology news, facts, and myths. Pharmacologist Tom ...

A 25-year-old woman in Rhode Island gave new meaning to the phrase “feeling blue” when she developed a rare and sometimes fatal condition called methemoglobinemia that turned her blood a deep shade of ...

Insight Pharmaceuticals, a Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. company (“Insight”), is voluntarily recalling one lot of Americaine® 20% Benzocaine Topical Anesthetic Spray to the consumer level. While ...