The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Albers Medical Distributors, Inc., has voluntarily recalled three lots of 90-count bottles of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor and is warning healthcare providers and others that these three lots of counterfeit Lipitor represent a potentially significant risk to consumers. The product was repackaged by Med-Pro, Inc., of Lexington, Neb., and the labels say “Repackaged by: MED-PRO, Inc. Lexington, Neb.” in the lower left-hand corner.
The following lots are involved in this recall:
20722V – 90-tablet bottles, Expiration 09-2004
04132V – 90-tablet bottles, Expiration 01-2004
16942V – 90-tablet bottles, Expiration 09-2004
FDA is urging healthcare providers and patients alike to check the packaging very carefully before using this product. Patients who have any of the product (labeled as “Repackaged by MED-PRO, Inc.”) with these three lot numbers should not take it, and they should return the product to their pharmacies.
FDA’s investigation into this matter is continuing.
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Visiting with some of the employees.. This company knew that something was wrong with this product and still packaged it anyway. Why the fda didn’t close them down a long time ago, I don’t understand.
why didn’t pharmacists intervene. The pills are thicker and are so very bitter yet when questioned patient’s were rebuffed and insulted for “seeing things”
Anyone know about side effects attributed to the counterfeit Lipitor? In specific congestive heart failure or iver congestion?
I just wrote to you and I forgot too tell you because we receive bad new about lipitor that why I want know if the ezetrol is the same famille Thank you so much and i Want know before to start my prescription Me is ezétrol
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