Bad Medication Led to Deaths in Oregon & Washington

At least two deaths have been linked to a bad medication, manufactured at 10 times the normal dosage, dispensed in Oregon and Washington. The bad medication led to deaths in Oregon and Washington. A third death is being investigated.

Last week, the Oregon Poison Center at Oregon Health & Science University sent a warning to the state’s naturopaths about use of the drug colchicine, which was discovered as a possible connection between a death in Portland and another in Yakima, Wash.

Tests on the vials of the colchinine remaining at the Portland, Oregon clinic that injected the drug into the patient's back revealed that the patients died from medication that was incorrectly manufactured. The deaths are currently presumed to be from manufacturing errors, not injection or doctor errors.

The Center for Integrative Medicine, on Southwest Macadam Avenue that was operated by physicians and naturopaths, was involved in dispensing the colchinine in all three deaths. The center has been permanently closed.

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