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 Tablets
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications: Stability results found the product did not meet the drug release dissolution specifications.
Cause type: Dissolution failure
The tablet or capsule did not dissolve within specification. Dissolution controls how much drug the body absorbs; a failure can change the effective dose. All dissolution failure recalls.
What was recalled
Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets, 150 mg, packaged in a) 30-count bottles (NDC 41616-758-83, UPC 3 41616 75883 2); and b) 90-count bottles (NDC 41616-758-81, UPC 3 41616 75881 8), Rx only, Distributed by: Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., 1150 Elijah McCoy Drive, Detroit, MI 48202; Manufactured at: Sun Pharmaceutical Ind. Ltd., Halol-Baroda Highway, Halol-389 350, Gujarat, India.
Affected NDCs
41616-0758-81
41616-0758-83
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Drug: Venlafaxine Category: Mental Health Medication
- Recalling firm
- Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd.
- NDC code
- 41616-758-83
- Origin
- MI, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-1283-2014 · 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 recalls by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd.
All 2014 recalls
Class II · Moderate risk
Cephalexin Capsules
CGMP Deviations: These products are being recalled because they were manufactured with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that were not manufactured with good manufacturing practices.
Class II · Moderate risk
Cephalexin Capsules
CGMP Deviations: These products are being recalled because they were manufactured with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) that were not manufactured with good manufacturing practices.
Class II · Moderate risk
Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets
Failed Dissolution Specifications: Stability results found the product did not meet the drug dissolution specifications.
Class II · Moderate risk
Gemcitabine For Injection USP
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: A particle excursion for a different batch of the same product may lead to a lack of sterility assurance.
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