Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: Teva is recalling one lot of Carbidopa and Levodopa Tablets USP, 25mg/100mg due to the potential for superpotent tablets.
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.
Carbidopa and Levodopa Tablets USP, 25mg/100mg, 1000 count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured in Israel by Teva Pharmaceutical IND, LTD., Jeruselem, Israel, for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Sellersville, PA, NDC 0093-0293-10
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Drug: Levodopa
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.
Product mix up: complaint received that sealed medication bottle contained Carbidopa, Levodopa, and Entacapone film-coated tablets (37.5 mg/150 mg/200 mg) instead of labelled lower strength Carbidopa, Levodopa, and Entacapone film-coated tablets (25 mg/100 mg/200 mg).
Packaging defect: observed packaging defect, blister packaging inadequately sealed.
Product Mix-Up: A foreign tablet was found in bottle.
Failed Stability Specifications: confirmed out of specification results obtained during refrigerated material stability testing indicating that drug may settle within drug cassettes nearing the end of their refrigerated shelf-life
Failed Dissolution Specifications
Presence of Foreign Tablets/Capsules
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Quality system deficiencies identified during a routine U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection at the contract manufacturer.
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications: Out of specification for specific impurity Tretinoin
CGMP Deviations: use of an unapproved raw material
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