The FDA is advising doctors to stop using ALL NECC products after at least one patient tested positive for fungal meningitis following a transplant surgery in which the patient received a cardioplegic solution made by the New England Compounding Center (NECC).
Cardioplegic solution is not a steroid injection. It is used to induce cardiac muscle paralysis during open heart surgery to prevent injury to the heart.
Also at least one patient with possible meningitis potentially associated with epidural injection of an additional NECC product, triamcinolone acetonide, has been identified. Triamcinolone acetonide is a type of injectable steroid made by NECC. The previous cases of meningitis have been associated with methylprednisolone acetate, a similar injectable steroid product.
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