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Is NDC 41616-0638-68 recalled?

Alendronate Sodium Tablets

Yes — this exact package was recalled

1 FDA recall names the code 41616-0638-68 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 II · Moderate risk

Alendronate Sodium Tablets

Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications: Observed levels of highest unknown impurity exceeding specification limit at the 3 month stability time point.

Terminated Impurity / degradation Sun Pharma Global Fze NDC 41616-638-68 D-0735-2016

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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