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PRODUCT RECALL!
A Notice to our Customers:
You may have heard by now that PC SPES, the popular herbal prostate health formula, and SPES have both been voluntarily recalled by their
manufacturer. We thought it was important to address this issue as soon as possible and give you all of the available information.
Just recently, the California State Health Director issued a statement directing consumers to stop using PC SPES immediately, because the product
may contain "undeclared prescription drug ingredients." This announcement was followed by a voluntary recall of PC SPES by the product's manufacturer, BotanicLab, while the product undergoes further
testing.
According to the California Department of Health Services, random testing of PC SPES capsules found that they contained warfarin, a
prescription blood thinner also known by the brand name Coumadin, a pharmaceutical agent used by many doctors in the prevention and/or treatment of blood clots, pulmonary embolisms, and thromboembolic complications associated with cardiac valve replacement and atrial fibrillation. Warfarin can interact with many other drugs, including over-the-counter analgesics like acetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen; heartburn medications like Tagamet and Zantac; and vitamin supplements containing vitamin K. The drug can also interact with antibiotics, antifungals, thyroid drugs, antidepressants, and cholesterol-lowering drugs. The main side-effect concern with warfarin is bleeding; problems could include nosebleeds, bleeding gums, and blood in the urine or stool.
According to BotanicLab, the standard maintenance dose of warfarin ranged between 2 to 10 milligrams per day. DHS testing found .211 milligrams of
warfarin in one capsule of PC SPES; at the maximum recommended dosage of six capsules per day, a person could take in 1.27 milligrams of warfarin per day. That's about 63 percent of the lowest dosage recommended by
the Physician's Desk Reference.
In response to the DHS' findings, BotanicLab instituted a nationwide, voluntary recall of PC SPES. You can send any unused or opened packages of PC
SPES to them and they will refund your money. For more information about the recall and/or refund offer, visit BotanicLab's website at www.botaniclab.com or call their recall hotline at 1-800-458-5854.
To insure the safety and health of our valued customers,
Herbs4Healing has discontinued sale of PC SPES and SPES
until this situation is resolved.
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