Pfizer Initiates Voluntary Recall of Three Antidepressant Prescriptions
Pfizer initiates nationwide voluntary recall of two lots Effexor XR and one lot Greenstone's Venlafaxine HCI.
Pfizer is voluntarily recalling one lot of 30-count Effexor XR (venlafaxine HCl) 150 mg extended-release capsules, one lot of 90-count Effexor XR (venlafaxine HCl) 150 mg extended-release capsules, and one lot of 90-count Greenstone LLC-branded Venlafaxine HC1 150 mg extended-release capsules.
This action is being taken because of a pharmacist report that one bottle of Pfizer’s Effexor XR contained one capsule of Tikosyn (dofetilide) 0.25mg in addition to the Effexor XR capsules. This recall is to the patient level and involves Pfizer lot numbers V130142 and V130140, which both expire in October 2015, and Greenstone lot number V130014, which expires in August 2015.
This recall is being conducted with the knowledge of FDA.
Source: FDA
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