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National Drug Code

Is NDC 72572-0740-20 recalled?

Sodium Bicarbonate

Yes — this exact package was recalled

3 FDA recalls name the code 72572-0740-20 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.

1 of these recalls is still ongoing.

Active ingredient
Sodium Bicarbonate
Strength
SODIUM BICARBONATE 84 mg/mL
Form
Injection, Solution · Intravenous
Labeler
Civica
Type
Human Prescription Drug
Product code
72572-0740

Recalls naming this package

Class I · High risk

8.4% Sodium Bicarbonate Injection

Defective Container: Complaints received of vial breakage and glass flying when pressurized while preparing the product for administration.

Terminated Packaging defect Exela Pharma Sciences LLC NDC 72572-740-20 D-0080-2023
Class I · High risk

8.4% Sodium Bicarbonate Injection

Defective Container: Complaints received of vial breakage and glass flying when pressurized while preparing the product for administration

Terminated Packaging defect Exela Pharma Sciences LLC NDC 72572-740-20 D-0023-2023

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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