Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications : Out-of-specification result for an unidentified impurity at the 12 month stability test point.
Cyproheptadine HCl Syrup (Cyproheptadine HCl Oral Solution, USP) 4mg/10 mL, Rx ONLY, Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc., Greenville, SC 29605, NDC 0121-4788-10
What should you do? A recall doesn't always mean your specific bottle is affected - it often applies to certain lots only. Check the lot number on your package against the FDA notice, and talk to your pharmacist before stopping any medication.
Reason Presence of Precipitate: medication was crystallizing and particles floating in the bottle
Reason cGMP Deviations: Potential product contamination with Burkholderia cepacia (B.cepacia) and Ralstonia pickettii (R. pickettii).
Reason Subpotency: product assayed and found OOS for cyproheptadine
Reason Labeling:Label Mixup; CYPROHEPTADINE HCL Tablet, 4 mg may be potentially mislabeled as ACARBOSE, Tablet, 25 mg, NDC 00054014025, Pedigree…
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