Oral Sodium Phosphates, Colonoscopies & Acute Phosphate Nephropathy: An Overview
Patients scheduling colonoscopies are very concerned about ingesting oral sodium phosphates (OSPs) beforehand – and rightfully so after the FDA recently issued a black box warning on one company’s prescription OSPs and anothe ...

Salix Pharmaceuticals Visicol & OsmoPrep: The Dangers Of Kidney Failure
Salix Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Visicol & OsmoPrep – sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous tablets – may be the subject of product liability lawsuits now that the FDA has lin ...

Oral Sodium Phosphate Lawsuits Increase; Company Requests MDL
Lawsuits filed against makers of Oral Sodium Phosphates (OSPs) have been increasing since the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a black box warning on some of those drugs late in 2008. C.B. Fleet, one of the manuf ...

Oral Sodium Phosphates: Harming People Who Weren't At Risk Of Kidney Damage
Oral sodium phosphate (OSP) bowel cleansing products are used to cleanse the bowels before certain medical procedures such as colonoscopies. Prescription products such as Visicol and Osmoprep continue to be used, but over th ...

Oral Sodium Phosphates: Kidney Damage, FDA Warning, Product Recall & Lawsuits
Oral sodium phosphate (OSP) laxative and bowel cleansing products manufacturered by C.B. Fleet have been linked to severe kidney damage. The FDA says that it has received more than 20 reports of acute kidney injury and has w ...