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Lotronex (alosetron hydrochloride) Information
FDA announced June 7, 2002 the approval of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) that allows restricted marketing of Lotronex (alosetron hydrochloride), to treat only women with severe diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The approved sNDA for Lotronex includes a risk management program to ensure patients and physicians are fully informed of risks and possible benefits of Lotronex.
Do Not Buy Lotronex Over the
Internet
- You should not buy Lotronex over the Internet because you
will bypass important safeguards designed to protect your
health (and the health of others).
- Lotronex has special safety restrictions on how it is
distributed to the public. Also, drugs purchased from foreign
Internet sources are not the FDA-approved versions of the
drugs, and they are not subject to FDA-regulated manufacturing
controls or FDA inspection of manufacturing facilities.
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Date created: December 18, 2000, updated May 6, 2008
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