RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwire - December 17, 2008) - Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLXP) announced that it has created a new online resource to provide information and assistance to healthcare providers seeking a prescription alternative to over-the-counter (OTC) bowel preparations such as oral sodium phosphate solution. Recently, C.B. Fleet voluntarily recalled and withdrew from the market two OTC products used for bowel preparation, Fleet® Phospho-soda® and Fleet® Phospho-soda® EZ-Prep® Bowel Cleansing System.
