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Class 2 Medicines Recall: Teva UK Limited, Levothyroxine 12.5mcg Tablets 🔴🔴🔴🔴

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Another recall!

Class 2 Medicines Recall: Teva UK Limited, Levothyroxine 12.5mcg Tablets, EL (23)A/06

Teva UK Limited is recalling one batch of Levothyroxine 12.5mcg Tablets in response to a lower than required assay result discovered during routine stability testing.

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If you have this product, please follow the link and do as requested.

Always remember to make Yellow Card reports of any issues with medicines:

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Love how we are told that levo is the hormone of choice due to its stability.

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helvellaAdministrator• in reply toJaydee1507

I also love the way patients are supposed to continue taking it!

Patients should continue to take medicines from this batch as prescribed by your healthcare professional.

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Jaydee1507Administrator• in reply tohelvella

Just another contributor to the dustbin of no clue, no insight whatsoever, WTF medicine.

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RedAppleAdministrator• in reply tohelvella

What that really means is: It's not actually dangerous so won't do you any harm, but it's under potency so won't do you much good either!

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helvellaAdministrator• in reply toRedApple

Worse: And we won't even tell you about the issue!

We've had so many who have suspected some issue with a medicine but soldiered on in ignorance.

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JGBH• in reply tohelvella

More often I notice that medical professionals and pharmacists don’t care! I cannot take TEVA Pravastatin…. I did ask for this to be noted at my local independent pharmacy YET they gave me TEVA! I refused it. Was told they would look for another brand… when they did , it came inside a box branded ALMUS… but on the back of the tablet packet it indicated TEVA! So questioned it… they said that’s all they could get… so fobbing me off … knowing I can’t have TEVA! How safe is that? I wonder why there is such a shortage and why they think it is acceptable and ethical and safe to fob patients off.

I might have mentioned this before… so apologies for repeating myself… but not amused and wondering how people suffer the same fate,

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I encourage members to subscribe to MHRA alerts and recalls!

Although I do post them when I think they are relevant, that usually means I only do so for thyroid medicines and a few others that I think might help.

You might be taking anything!

Also, I could easily miss an alert, or take time to notice and post.

You avoid those issues by directly subscribing for yourselves and those close to you.

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