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Maalox Total Relief and Maalox Liquid Products: Medication Use Errors.
MedWatch Safety Alert. Rockville, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; February 17, 2010.

This announcement alerts consumers and health care professionals to dangers associated with name confusion on a widely used over-the-counter medicine.
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