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Sertraline Recall Issued April 28 After Citalopram Manufacturing Error
Amarox Limited is withdrawing one batch after a patient found Citalopram 40mg tablets in a Sertraline pack, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency issued a precautionary recall for Sertraline 100mg tablets, batch number V2500425, after a patient found Citalopram 40mg blister strips inside the packaging.
- The manufacturing error 'appears to have occurred during secondary packaging of the blister strips into the cartons,' the MHRA said, with both medications produced by Amarox Limited at the same site.
- Dr. Alison Cave, Chief Safety Officer at the MHRA, warned that patients who accidentally took Citalopram may experience 'nausea, headache, sleep changes and mild anxiety' and urged immediate pharmacy contact.
- Classified as a Class 2 alert, the recall requires pharmacists and healthcare providers to remove the affected batch from circulation within 48 hours and return remaining stock to suppliers.
- More than 16.7 million prescriptions for Sertraline were issued by GPs in England in 2019, and the MHRA is working with Amarox Limited to prevent similar packaging incidents in future.
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