Dilacor_XR: profile and news

US warns of brand errors in imported drugs  Jan 12, 2006
The agency's notice cited the example of a patient who ran out of Dilacor XR, a blood-pressure medicine, while traveling in Serbia. ... - International Herald Tribune,

FDA Warns Against Buying Medications Abroad  Jan 16, 2006
...problems. For example, in Jan. 2004, a patient traveling in Serbia ran out of Dilacor XR, which treats high blood pressure. He went ... - All Headline News

FDA: Drug Name Confusion Makes Imports Dangerous  Jan 16, 2006
The case involved a patient traveling in Serbia who ran out of his prescription for Dilacor XR (diltiazem extended release), which is used to treat high blood ... - Forbes

FDA Cautions Consumers Against Filling US Prescriptions Abroad  Jan 11, 2006
...an active ingredient different from the product in the US ISMP described a patient who traveled to Serbia and ran out of Dilacor XR (diltiazem extended release ... - PharmaLive.com (press release),

FDA probes confusing suffixes on drug names  Nov 26, 2005
Cardizem, Dilacor and Tiazac are all brand names for Diltiazem. But should he prescribe Cardizem CD, Cardizem SR, Cardizem LA, Dilacor XR or Tiazac? ... - Bradenton Herald,

Buying the Wrong Medicine Overseas  Aug 15, 2005
Selman Cacaj, 61 years old, sought to refill his Dilacor XR prescription for high blood pressure. In Kosovo, a pharmacy sold him the Serbian Dilacor. ... - Wall Street Journal

Prescription Drug Names in US, Abroad Lead to US Consumers' ...  Aug 16, 2005
...man was hospitalized following a trip to the former country of Yugoslavia during which his prescription for hypertension drug Dilacor XR was mistakenly ... - Kaiser network.org,

Management of Hypertension in Older Persons  Feb 21, 2005
25 Beta blockers should be used with caution in combination with other negative chronotropes, such as diltiazem (Cardizem CD, Dilacor XR, Tiazac), verapamil ... - RedNova.com,