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November 2010

Posted on: November 2nd, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

We will be exhibiting our products at the 60th Annual ASBP Symposium in New Orleans, LA on November 18th, 19th, and 20th. Our booth number is 204. If you are attending the Symposium, please stop by and receive our promotional items.

The office will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 25th and Friday, November 26th. We will re-open on Monday, November 29th at 9am EST.

On October 8th, 2010 Abbott Labs announced a voluntary withdrawal of their Meridia 5mg, 10mg and 15mg capsules. For more information on this withdrawal, please go to their website at www.meridia.net. If their website does not answer your questions, please contact us directly at 866-839-4840.

KVK-Tech is now manufacturing Phendimetrazine 35mg tablets. This product is available in three colors: Blue, White, and Yellow. All three tablets are round, single-scored and are approximately the size of the Sandoz Phendimetrazine 35mg yellow tablets.

We mailed our November/December product flier on October 29th. If you have not received this flier by November 10th, please contact us and we will be happy to send you another copy.

October 2010

Posted on: October 4th, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

We now have in stock the Phendimetrazine 35mg by KVK-Tech. Product is available in 3 colors: a white, a blue, and a yellow tablet. These three tablets are round, single-scored and will be approximately the size of the Sandoz Phendimetrazine 35mg yellow tablet.

Due to the significant price increase on Potassium Chloride, we are no longer stocking this product. We will special order it for our customers if needed. We have increased our supply of Potassium Gluconate 500mg tablets in an effort to meet increased demand.

September 2010

Posted on: September 15th, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

KVK-Tech will begin shipping Phendimetrazine 35mg tablets the week of September 20th. They are manufacturing a blue, white, and yellow tablet. These three tablets are round, single-scored and will be approximately the size of the Sandoz Phendimetrazine 35mg yellow tablets.

September 2010

Posted on: September 3rd, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

KVK-Tech just received approval to manufacture Phendimetrazine 35mg tablets. They expect to have product available by the middle of September. They will have three colors available- blue, white and yellow round tablets. We will have more information on the size and score of the tablets after the Labor Day Holiday.

Teva (Gate Pharmaceutical) announced a price increase on the brand Adipex capsules and tablets. We have a limited supply of both products. This price increase does not affect the generic Phentermine products.

There has also been a significant price increase on all potassium chloride 8, 10 and 20mEq products. We still have a limited supply of the potassium chloride 20mEq at the old price. Since the prices have almost quadrupled, we are only going to carry potassium chloride as needed. This price increase does not affect our potassium gluconate 500mg tablets.

August 2010

Posted on: August 2nd, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

KVK-Tech is now manufacturing Benzphetamine (generic Didrex) 50mg tablets, which are available in 30ct, 100ct and 500ct bottles. Due to a raw material shortage, Paddock Laboratories does not expect to have their product available again until 2011. Boca has a limited supply of product and is allocating shipments. There has been a price increase on this product by all manufacturers.

On July 20, 2010 Lannett received FDA approval to manufacture Phentermine 30mg blue/clear (beaded) capsules. We will keep our customers advised as to when this product will become available. Currently, KVK-Tech and Sandoz manufacture this product as well.

July 2010

Posted on: July 1st, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

CorePharma is no longer manufacturing Diethylpropion 25mg White tablets due to their inability to obtain raw materials for this product. We have increased our supply of the Diethylpropion 25mg tablets by Watson. Paddock is also having problems obtaining raw materials for their Benzphetamine 50mg tablets. We still have 500ct bottles available with December 31, 2010 expiration.

We are once again carrying generic Thyroid in strengths from 1/2grain to 3grain available in bottles of 1000. Pricing information is available in our flier.

We will be mailing our July/August 2010 flier during the first week of July. Please contact us if you would like to receive a copy via email or if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

June 2010

Posted on: June 3rd, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

CorePharma announced they have discontinued manufacturing Diethylpropion 25mg tablets due to their inability to obtain raw materials for this product. We will continue to stock the Watson brand of Diethylpropion 25mg and 75mg tablets.

As mentioned last month, Valeant will not be shipping Bontril 35mg tablets and 105mg capsules until the end of May. We are still waiting for a product update from them for June. We are currently out of stock on the Bontril 35mg tablets in bottles of 1000. We were able to obtain enough of this product in bottles of 100 to carry us through this temporary shortage. We have a large supply of the Bontril 105mg Capsules in bottles of 100 and 1000.

We are now affiliated with a compounding pharmacy. If there are any prescription (non-controlled) medications, injectibles, etc., that we are unable to obtain for you, we will have the owner of the compounding pharmacy contact you directly.

May 2010

Posted on: May 3rd, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

Thyroid tablets are available again. We now have in stock the 1/2grain, 1grain and 2grain bottles of 1000. We expect to have the 3grain tablets by the middle of May. Please contact us for new pricing on these items.

CorePharma has resumed production of their Diethylpropion 25mg white tablets. However, due to the backorder situation, we have only received a partial shipment from CorePharma at this time. They expect to fill all backorders by the end of May.

As mentioned last month, Valeant will not be shipping Bontril 35mg tablets and 105mg capsules until the end of May. We are currently out of stock on the Bontril 35mg tablets in bottles of 1000. We were able to obtain enough of this product in bottles of 100 to carry us through this temporary shortage.

April 2010

Posted on: April 1st, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

Valeant will not be producing their Bontril 35mg tablets and 105mg capsules until the end of May. We have sufficient inventory on the 105mg capsules, but only have a limited supply of Bontril 35mg tablets.

Sandoz is delaying production of their Phendimetrazine 105mg brown/white capsules until the end of April. We should have enough inventory in stock to meet our customers’ needs.

CorePharma has also announced a delay in production of their Diethylpropion 25mg white tablets until the end of April. We do NOT have sufficient inventory in stock, however, we have increased our supply of the Diethylpropion 25mg white tablets by Watson.

During the last week of March we mailed our April/May product flier. If you are a physician’s office and would like a copy of this flier, please contact us at 866-839-4840.

March 2010

Posted on: March 1st, 2010 by Martek Pharmacal

We have been informed that Sandoz is delaying production of their Phendimetrazine 105mg brown/white capsules until the middle of April. We should have enough inventory in stock to meet our customers’ needs. CorePharma has also announced a delay in production of their Diethylpropion 25mg white tablets until the end of April. We do NOT have sufficient inventory in stock, however, we have increased our supply of the Diethylpropion 25mg white tablets by Watson.

Due to an increase in the price of raw materials, Mikart has notified us there will be an increase in the price of their Phendimetrazine 35mg Blue, White and Yellow tablets in the near future.

We now have more of our Omega Fish Oil blend (Omega-Tek), which is available in bottles of 90ct. We apologize that we ran out of this product shortly after our first shipment arrived.