221 AT RISK Drugs Suspected In Meningitis Outbreak Used At Parkersburg Clinic
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Reported: Oct. 8, 2012 6:10 PM EDT
Updated: Oct. 8, 2012 6:20 PM EDT
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Parkersburg
, West Virginia
West Virginia public health officials are trying to track down 221 people apparently exposed to a drug linked to a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak. They got the shots at the Pars pain clinic in Parkersburg. There are no confirmed cases in the Mountain State but there are suspected cases. Clinic officials say they will issue a statement Tuesday.
Health officials say they have been notified that five Kentucky residents came down with fungal meningitis after receiving medical care in Tennessee.
The state Public Health Department says these cases match the pattern of an outbreak linked to injections of steroids distributed by a Massachusetts pharmacy.
The pharmacy has voluntarily recalled all its products. The health department says none of the implicated lots is known to have been distributed in Kentucky but that other medicines from the company have been sent to Kentucky facilities. Health officials recommend the products not be used for patients.
he state department recommends people contact a health care provider as soon as possible if they have received epidural steroid injections since May 21 and have symptoms such as worsening headache, fever, sensitivity to light, stiff neck, new weakness or numbness in any part of the body or slurred speech.
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