Deadly Meningitis Outbreak"POISONING" Tied to More Drugs, FDA Says

A second steroid manufactured by New England Compounding Center has been linked to another potential meningitis infection, U.S. regulators said.
A different steroid, methylprednisolone acetate, used as an injection for back pain from the Framingham, Massachusetts-based pharmacy has been tied to a fungal meningitis outbreak that has led to 214 infections in 15 U.S. states, killing 15 people.

The second steroid, triamcinolone acetonide, is used to treat skin conditions that result in itching, redness, dryness, and inflammation, according to the National Institutes of Health.The patients received the medication through an epidural injection. Transplant patients have also experienced fungal infections after being given a drug from t..
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