Class II · Moderate risk
Venlafaxine Tablets
Presence of Foreign Substance: Product complaint received for the presence of foreign material embedded resembling a metal shaving in one tablet.
Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsules USP
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Failed Tablet/Capsules Specifications: pharmacists complaints for bottles containing melted capsules.
Cause type: Failed specification
A physical or chemical test other than potency, dissolution, impurity or stability failed - pH, viscosity, appearance, tablet integrity, fill volume. A product outside its own specification may not perform as designed, even if the active ingredient is present. All failed specification recalls.
What was recalled
Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsules USP, 75 mg, packaged in a) 30-count bottles (NDC 52343-132-30) and b) 90-count bottles (NDC 52343-132-90), Rx only, Distributed by: Lucid Pharma LLC, 2 Tower Center Blvd, Suite-1101-B, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 USA.
Affected NDCs
52343-0132-30
52343-0132-90
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Drug: Venlafaxine Category: Mental Health Medication
- Recalling firm
- Lucid Pharma LLC
- NDC code
- 52343-132-30
- Origin
- NJ, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-0921-2017 · 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 Venlafaxine recalls
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Class III · Low risk
Venlafaxine Extended-Release Tablets
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: Missing tab ID on either side of the tablet
Class II · Moderate risk
Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsules
Failed Dissolution Specifications: Out-of-specification results observed for dissolution testing at the 8-hour and 12-hour pull intervals.
Class II · Moderate risk
Venlafaxine Hydrochloride
Failed dissolution specifications: out of specification result obtained during routine stability testing for high dissolution.
Class II · Moderate risk
Venlafaxine Tablets
Presence of Forein Tablets/Capsules; Venlafaxine Tablets, USP 37.5 mg found in bottles labeled as Venlafaxine Tablets, USP, 50 mg
Other failed specification recalls from 2017
All failed specification recalls
Class II · Moderate risk
Valsartan Tablets
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: confirmed customer complaint of thicker and heavier tablets in bottle.
Class II · Moderate risk
Vertra Elemental Resistance
CGMP Deviations: products manufactured in a manner that may impact product quality that includes but is not limited to failed viscosity.
Class II · Moderate risk
Clozapine Tablets USP
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications; potential presence of broken tablets.
Class III · Low risk
Propafenone Hydrochloride tablets
Failed moisture limits: Out of specification for moisture content.
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