Class III · Low risk
Methadone Hydrochloride Tablets
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: Illegible product identification for the unit dose configuration only.
methadone HCl
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Stability Data Does Not Support Expiry: potential loss of potency in drugs packaged and stored in syringes.
Cause type: Stability / shelf life
The product degraded or failed stability testing before its labeled expiry. Heat, moisture or time can break the drug down into degradants or reduce potency. All stability / shelf life recalls.
What was recalled
methadone HCl, 2.5 mg per 0.5 mL, in 0.9% Sodium Chloride, 0.5 mL Total Volume in a syringe, For IV Use Only, Rx only, PharMEDium, Product code 2T6134.
Drug: Methadone
- Recalling firm
- Pharmedium Services, LLC
- Origin
- IL, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-0071-2017 · FDA notice
Check, then ask. Class II means harm is possible but usually temporary or reversible. Find the lot number on your package; if it matches, ask your pharmacist about a replacement. Do not simply stop a prescribed medication on your own - the gap can be riskier than the recall. This recall is now terminated, which means the firm has finished removing the affected product; anything on pharmacy shelves today should be unaffected.
Other Methadone recalls
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Class II · Moderate risk
Methadone
Lack of sterility assurance
Class II · Moderate risk
Methadone HCl Injection in all strengths
Lack of sterility assurance.
Class II · Moderate risk
Methadone HCl in 0.9% Sodium Chloride in all strengths
Lack of sterility assurance.
Class II · Moderate risk
Methadone Hydrochloride Oral Concentrate
CGMP Deviations: Purified water used to manufacture the drug products may have been contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia.
Other recalls by Pharmedium Services, LLC
All 2015 recalls
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL Citrate Injection 50 mcg per mL
Firm is recalling 46 lots of various products because of a lack of sterility assurance.
Class II · Moderate risk
fentaNYL Citrate Injection
Firm is recalling 46 lots of various products because of a lack of sterility assurance.
Class II · Moderate risk
ePHEDrine Sulfate 10 mg per mL 50 mg per 5 mL in 0.9% 5 mL Sodium Chloride 5 mL syringe
Firm is recalling 46 lots of various products because of a lack of sterility assurance.
Class II · Moderate risk
ePHEDrine Sulfate 5 mg per mL 25 mg per 5 mL
Firm is recalling 46 lots of various products because of a lack of sterility assurance.
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