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FDA urges maker to recall Limbrel after liver and lung injury reports

The FDA asked Primus Pharmaceuticals to recall a product touted as easing osteoarthritis but linked to liver injury and a lung condition.
Source: Andrew Harnik/AP

The Food and Drug Administration has asked Primus Pharmaceuticals to recall a product touted to address “the metabolic processes associated with osteoarthritis” but that the agency says comes

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