Companies/Manufacturers:
Novartis
Endo Pharmaceuticals
Problem:
BROKEN PILLS
MISLABELED PILLS
PILLS IN THE WRONG BOTTLE
Summary:
Machinery problems at a drug manufacturing plant prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to warn patients of a possible mix-up affecting various prescription pain medications and over-the-counter drugs.
Affected Items:
The over-the-counter drugs involved in the recall were manufactured at a Lincoln, Nebraska, facility which also produced various prescription pain medicines for Endo Pharmaceuticals, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
These pills include Percocet, Opana and Percodan, if you take medication produced by them... the FDA advises that you visually inspect the pills.
Consumers who have select bottles of Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz and Gas-X, produced by Novartis, are being told to discard or return the products in a voluntary recall that started Sunday.
Specifically: Excedrin and NoDoz products with expiration dates of December 20, 2014, or earlier, as well as Bufferin and Gas-X Prevention products with December 20, 2013, or earlier expiration dates.
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