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Public Citizen, a well-known consumer activism group, has requested that the FDA incorporate a total ban on the antibiotic Tequin. Tequin has been linked to strange glycemic and blood sugar disorders, including Diabetes.  
 
The biggest issue here is a voluntary recall versus a mandated ban. An FDA ban would be a public admonishment against the drug maker Bristol-Myers.

Public Citizen Asks FDA To Ban Antibiotic Tequin

Therapeutics Daily - 5/1/2006 2:14 PM

The consumer group Public Citizen on Monday asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban Tequin, an antibiotic made by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY).
 
Last week, the company announced that it planned to stop selling the drug in the U.S. Tequin, which has had declining sales, also has had safety problems associated with it. In February, Tequin's label was updated to carry stronger warnings about the threat of rare life-threatening events from blood-sugar changes and to recommend it not be prescribed in patient
 
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