Class II · Moderate risk
Metronidazole 500mg 100ml
Lack of sterility assurance
Metronidazole Tablets
Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Why it was recalled
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: Some tablets had the potential to not conform to weight specifications.
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
Metronidazole Tablets, USP, 500 mg, packaged in a) 10-count tablets per bottle (NDC 54868-0158-3); b) 14-count tablets per bottle (NDC 54868-0158-1); c) 20-count tablets per bottle (NDC 54868-0158-5); d) 21-count tablets per bottle (NDC 54868-0158-0); e) 30-count tablets per bottle (NDC 54868-0158-8), Rx only, Mfg. By: Pliva Krakow Pharma. Comp., Krakow, Poland; Repacked & distributed by: Physicians Total Care, Inc., Tulsa, OK 74146.
Affected NDCs
54868-0158-00
54868-0158-01
54868-0158-03
54868-0158-05
54868-0158-08
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Drug: Metronidazole Category: Antibiotic
- Recalling firm
- Physicians Total Care, Inc.
- NDC code
- 54868-0158-3
- Origin
- OK, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- FDA recall number
- D-547-2013 · 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.
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Class II · Moderate risk
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Class II · Moderate risk
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cGMP deviations: Temperature abuse
Class II · Moderate risk
Metronidazole Injection
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Class II · Moderate risk
Metronidazole 1% Gel
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: There are also CGMP Deviations.
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All 2011 recalls
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Class III · Low risk
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Class II · Moderate risk
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