Clear Up Confusion About Medical Foods

February 2018

Questions are popping up about medical foods...due to FDA's request for a recall of Limbrel (flavocoxid).

Medical foods are a little-known class of products that are often dispensed by Rx...and therefore may be confused as being Rx drugs.

Limbrel for osteoarthritis is one example...others include Deplin for depression, Metanx for nerve pain, and Vayarin for ADHD.

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