Prednisolone e/c blister packs recalled from Teva
16th December 2011
MHRA has issued a drug recall for all remaining stock in hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and wholesalers of prednisolone 2.5mg and 5mg e/c tablets in blister packs of the batches listed below from Teva UK.
Elevated levels of related substances have been detected early in the shelf-life during routine stability testing. Only blister packs are affected;
Prednisolone 2.5mg Batch 69894 Expiry Dec 2013.
Prednisolone 5mg Batch 80077 Expiry Jan 2014.
Prednisolone 5mg Batch 80057 Expiry Jan 2014.
Prednisolone 5mg Batch 69896 Expiry Feb 2014.
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