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FDA drug recalls in 2014

Every FDA drug recall initiated in 2014, newest first, with its risk class, status and the reason the FDA recorded. Use the cause and risk filters to narrow the year down.

1,309 recalls, newest first.

Class III · Low risk

Venlafaxine Hydrochloride

Failed Dissolution Specification: Out of Specification dissolution results at 12 month interval.

Terminated Dissolution failure McKesson Packaging Services NDC 63739-0512-10 D-1167-2014
Class III · Low risk

Advil PM Caplets

Subpotent Drug: This lot is being recalled because of out-of-specification test results for Diphenhydramine citrate.

Terminated Wrong potency / content Pfizer Us Pharmaceutical Group NDC 0573-0164-43 D-1166-2014
Class III · Low risk

Nicorette Lozenge

Failed Lozenge Specifications; Lozenges are overly thick, overly soft, and sub and superpotent.

Terminated Wrong potency / content GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare; dba-GlaxoSmithKline D-1244-2014
Class III · Low risk

Nicotine polacrilex lozenge

Failed Lozenge Specifications; Lozenges are overly thick, overly soft, and sub and superpotent.

Terminated Wrong potency / content GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare; dba-GlaxoSmithKline D-1243-2014
Class III · Low risk

Nicotine polacrilex lozenge

Failed Lozenge Specifications; Lozenges are overly thick, overly soft, and sub and superpotent.

Terminated Wrong potency / content GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare; dba-GlaxoSmithKline D-1242-2014
Class III · Low risk

Nicotine polacrilex lozenge

Failed Lozenge Specifications; Lozenges are overly thick, overly soft, and sub and superpotent.

Terminated Wrong potency / content GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare; dba-GlaxoSmithKline D-1241-2014
Class III · Low risk

Nicotine polacrilex lozenge

Failed Lozenge Specifications; Lozenges are overly thick, overly soft, and sub and superpotent.

Terminated Wrong potency / content GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare; dba-GlaxoSmithKline D-1240-2014
Class III · Low risk

Nicotine polacrilex lozenge

Failed Lozenge Specifications; Lozenges are overly thick, overly soft, and sub and superpotent.

Terminated Wrong potency / content GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare; dba-GlaxoSmithKline D-1239-2014
Class III · Low risk

Nicotine polacrilex lozenge

Failed Lozenge Specifications; Lozenges are overly thick, overly soft, and sub and superpotent.

Terminated Wrong potency / content GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare; dba-GlaxoSmithKline D-1238-2014
Class III · Low risk

Atripla

Presence of Foreign Substance: Red Silicone Rubber Particulates are Present in Drug.

Terminated Particulate / foreign matter Gilead Sciences, Inc. NDC 15584-0101-1 D-1090-2014
Class I · High risk

Acetylcysteine Solution

Presence of Particulate Matter: During a review of retain samples, the firm found a glass particulate in one lot of Acetylcysteine Solution

Terminated Particulate / foreign matter Ben Venue Laboratories Inc NDC 0054-3025-02 D-1326-2014
Class II · Moderate risk

Fluoxetine Capsules

Chemical Contamination: The recalling firm received notice that their supplier is recalling capsules due to complaints of capsules having an unusual odor.

Terminated Chemical / undeclared Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging NDC 68645-130-54 D-1279-2014
Class II · Moderate risk

etomidate injection

Presence of Particulate Matter: Potential for small black particles to be present in individual vials, the potential for missing lot number and/or expiry date on the outer carton and the potential for illegible/missing lot number and expiry on individual vials.

Terminated Particulate / foreign matter Agila Specialties Private Ltd. NDC 0069-0006-02 D-1225-2014
Class I · High risk

Citrulline

Labeling: Label Mix-Up: FDA tested samples of API from Medisca, labeled as to contain L-Citrulline, and results revealed no L-Citrulline was present. Levels of N-acetyl-leucine were found instead.

Terminated Labeling / mix-up Medisca Inc D-0674-2016
Class II · Moderate risk

BUPivacaine HCl 0.25% Preservative Free

Presence of Particulate Matter: The bupivacaine HCl injection used to compound this lot of BUPivacaine HCl 0.25% Preservative Free 500 mL in On-Q C-bloc was recalled by the supplier due to a customer complaint of visible particles embedded in the glass vial.

Terminated Particulate / foreign matter Healix Infusion Therapy, Inc. NDC 75901-7210-53 D-1422-2014

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