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Do not stop taking this without speaking to your pharmacist or doctor.
Why this is on The Recall Registry: This is a consumable product recalled for what is inside it. It was found to contain a drug or chemical that is not on the label. That is different from an allergen or a contamination scare: anyone taking it has been taking a substance nobody prescribed, in an unknown dose, and it can interact with medication they are already on. Follow the agency notice rather than judging it by how the product looks.
Presence of foreign tablets/capsules
The Recall Registry rates this labelling issue — FDA Class III: unlikely to cause harm.
Check the lot numbers below against what you have. Do not stop taking a prescription medicine because of a recall without speaking to your pharmacist or doctor first — for many medicines stopping is more harmful than continuing, and they can tell you whether yours is affected and what to do about it.
Who to contact: Recalling firm: Kowa Pharmaceuticals America
Livalo (pitavatstatin) tablets, 4 mg, 90-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: Patheon, Inc. Cincinnati, OH 45237 USA or by Kowa Company, Ltd, Nagoya, 462-0024 Japan, Marketed by Kowa Pharmaceuticals: Kowa Pharmaceuticals America Inc., Montgomery, AL 36117 USA NDC 66869-404-90 HDPE Bottle, congregated into a shrink wrapped 6-pack further congregated into 24 6-packs in a cardboard case
PA, OH, and TX
This recall was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Recall Registry summarises it — always confirm the details at the source.
Their exact wording: “Kowa Pharmaceuticals America — Livalo (pitavatstatin) tablets, 4 mg, 90-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: Patheon, Inc. Cincinnati, OH 45237 USA or by Kowa Company, Ltd, Nagoya, 462-0024 Japan, Marketed by Kowa Pharmaceuticals: Kowa”
Worried about the other things in your house? You can write down what you have and be told if one is recalled — or, if you sell second-hand, check your whole stock at once.
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