The company announced on the 10th that one patient who was taking this drug died due to a problem that a sleeping pill component was mixed in a drug for athlete's foot and other drugs manufactured by a drug manufacturer in Fukui prefecture. did.
Since the causal relationship between taking the drug and death is unknown, the investigation will be carried out immediately.
On December 4, Kobayashi Kako, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, added a sleep-inducing agent to the itraconazole tablet 50 "MEEK", a drug manufactured and sold as a treatment for athlete's foot and other mycoses. We have announced that it was mixed by mistake and are proceeding with voluntary collection.
The company announced on the 11th that one inpatient who was taking the drug died on the 10th.
The age, gender, and place of residence of the patient are not disclosed.
It is not known whether taking the drug led to the death of the patient, so the company plans to proceed with the investigation as soon as possible.
By midnight on the 11th, there were 133 reports of side effects such as loss of consciousness in patients taking this drug, and at least 14 cases of accidents caused by loss of consciousness while driving a car. It means that the case has been reported.
Fukui Prefecture conducts on-site investigations at its factories, focusing on the details of how the ingredients of sleep-inducing agents were mixed in and the reasons why quality checks could not be performed before shipping.
Kobayashi Kako "Extremely heavy and deeply apologized"
In response to the death of the patient, Kobayashi Kako commented, "We take the death of the patient very seriously and once again deeply apologize."