Levothyroxine recalled

[CT-5012]

Anyone out there taking Levothyroxine 50mcg tablets with the following details needs to be aware that they have been recalled: batch XATA30 expiration date Jan 2023.

[Rymer]

Thanks for the headsup

[CT-5012 in reply to Rymer]

Will be checking mine for a while I think.

[SheffieldJane]

What was the problem with the drug?

[Bcol in reply to SheffieldJane]

Morning SJ. The tablets are liable to crumble and break. Which is interesting as I had already complained to my OH that her present tablets were crumbling and I had wasted a number from the present package. Link below

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[SheffieldJane in reply to Bcol]

Very kind of you to let me know. I’ve been on Levothyroxine for about 35 years. X

[Bcol in reply to SheffieldJane]

I'm going to ring Docs today to see what they say, guess they are OK to use and I've just binned the crumbly ones. I'll update when I get an answer. I'm surprised that we have not been made aware.

[SheffieldJane in reply to Bcol]

Me too! Anything that explains why I feel so awful tbh.

[Bcol in reply to SheffieldJane]

Sort for late answer, just back from another wet walk with the beasties. It doesn't say that the tablets are not effective if they are whole. I've not noticed OH suffering from a lack of. The trick seems to be in getting them out whole. Think I've wasted at least half a dozen so far which if for other reason I need to let the surgery know so that they don't think I'm trying to reorder them too soon. It always surprises me that the 50mg tablets are half the size of the 25mg ones common sense would sem to suggest that should be the other way round.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bcol]

Different manufacturer?

[Bcol in reply to PMRpro]

Nope, the same

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Bcol]

How bizarre ...

Actually - my vit D tablets are the same, 1000 IU bigger and more expensive relative to the 4000 IU ones!

[Bcol in reply to PMRpro]

Life is strange!!!

[whitefishbay]

I’ll have a look. Thanks.

[Canarylady]

Thank for letting me know,mine are okX

[suzy1959]

I have got a batch of these, but not had any problems with them so far. As long as they are not harmful or are ineffective, it sounds like I can carry on taking them?

[Nightingales]

I have just picked mine up this week and they are this batch. I haven’t noticed the first three crumbling but will contact my pharmacist. Would you tell me where you got the information? Thank you.

[Plains]

I take 100MCG but I checked my bottle just the same and do not find a batch number. I found this very strange. Thank you for the information!

[Reddev]

Took mine back to the pharmacy. Didn’t seem to know anything about a recall. Just waiting for further update.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

gov.uk/drug-device-alerts/c...

is the Government notification - so worth bringing to your pharamcy's notice.

[CT-5012 in reply to PMRpro]

Thanks for the link, managed to contact the person who contacted me about this and was given the same link.

[Summerlove]

Thank you for this. I first noticed couple of months ago that tablets were crumbling and going to powder when handled. In a strip of 14 only 3 could be used. I normally take my 1 tab out at night and put on my bedside table to take in the morning that way I know I have taken it. The last straw was when 1 had disintegrated overnight and was just powder !!!!I then started researching and saw product recall I am alarmed that the pharmacy/surgery have not contacted us. No one cares if you have a product recall in supermarkets there are big posters and notices a tablet that is keeping us alive and no one bothers