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Hydroxyzine and metoclopramide were added to the list of drugs that cause Torsades de Pointes (TdP) under certain clinical conditions.

TUCSON, AZ – CredibleMeds®, the internationally recognized authority on drug safety, has been awarded a three-year contract from the Safe Use Initiative of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to further their mutual goal of promoting and facilitating the safe use of medicines. Several thousand people in the US die each year from taking certain commonly prescribed antibiotics that have heart toxicity, when safer alternatives could be identified.