Edetate Disodium

admin January 18th, 2008

The FDA have issued warnings about the potential confusion between edetate disodium instead of edetate calcium disodium, and the unlicenced use of edetate disodium for chelation therapy.

There have been cases where children and adults have died when they were mistakenly given Edetate Disodium instead of Edetate Calcium Disodium (Calcium Disodium Versenate) or when Edetate Disodium was used for “chelation therapies” and other uses that are not approved by the FDA. As a result, FDA is reviewing the benefit/risk profile of Edetate Disodium to determine if the benefits for its intended use continue to outweigh the serious risks.

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