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Is NDC 0409-1559-30 recalled?

Marcaine (bupivacaine HCl)

Yes — this exact package was recalled

1 FDA recall names the code 0409-1559-30 directly. A recall still applies to particular lot numbers — compare the lot on your package with the FDA notice below, and talk to your pharmacist before stopping a prescribed medication.

This code is not in the current FDA NDC directory — usual for a product that has since been discontinued or repackaged. The details below come from the recall notices themselves.

Recalls naming this package

Class I · High risk

Marcaine (bupivacaine HCl)

Presence of Particulate Matter: Confirmed customer complaint of discolored solution with visible metal particles embedded in the glass vial and visible in the solution.

Terminated Particulate / foreign matter Hospira Inc. NDC 0409-1559-10 D-1358-2014
Class I · High risk

Marcaine (bupivacaine HCl)

Presence of Particulate Matter: Units of this lot may have visible metal particles embedded in the vial and in the solution causing the product to be discolored.

Terminated Particulate / foreign matter Hospira Inc. NDC 0409-1559-30 D-1161-2014

Where to find this code. The NDC is printed on the pharmacy label and on the manufacturer's carton, usually as three groups of digits after “NDC”. The last group is the package size — two bottles of the same medicine can differ only in that group, and a recall may cover one but not the other.

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