TMZ is reporting that the FDA issued a warning back in February about the dangers of mistaking the low and high-doses of heparin. Dennis Quaid's twins, who were born earlier this month via a surrogate, were overdosed twice with the blood-clotting drug this past weekend. Hospital officials list them as stable, though they remain in intensive care.
In a safety alert dated February 6, 2007, the FDA and the drug's manufacturer warned of the dangers of switching 10 and 10,000 unit vials of the drug. The alert was issued in light of an overdosing that occurred in Indiana in September of 2006. Three infants died in that incident. It's being reported that a memo was circulated around that time at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center warning of the danger.
