Eye medication recalled for fungal infections

Eye medication recalled for fungal infections

March 16, 2012 at 8:58PM

An eye medication that has been linked to fungal infections in the eyes of some patients is under "urgent recall," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today.

Brilliant Blue G, obtained through prescription and prepared by Franck's Compounding Lab in Ocala, Fla. are suspected of fungal contamination.

The lot numbers under recall are:

08232011@80 10132011@6 10112011@82 10192011@125 The product should not be used.

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