You may want to pay attention if you use pain patches to relieve chronic pain.
Because the medicated patches, which include analgesic substances meant to treat pain in the muscles, joints, or nerves when applied to the skin, did not meet federal criteria, millions of pain patches sold nationally have been recalled.
Since the statement indicates that at least 12 million of the 14 million recalled pain patches were marketed under the name Absorbine Jr., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalled more than 14 million of the patches on October 24.
Walmart, CVS, Amazon, H-E-B, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and more stores sell the brand.
Customers trust these items, and they are widely used.
The manufacturing company Unexo Life Sciences Private Limited, situated in New Delhi, India, has gone out of compliance with Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP), which is the reason for the recall.
Furthermore, the recall also covers a number of other brands, totaling 11 goods and 8 brand names:
The FDA’s notification does not provide an explanation for why manufacturers did not meet quality criteria.
Systems that guarantee appropriate design, monitoring, and control of industrial facilities and processes are provided by CGMP. The FDA notes that by requiring pharmaceutical producers to properly supervise manufacturing activities, CGMP standards ensure the identification, strength, quality, and purity of drug products.
The case was categorized as a Class II risk level on November 22, indicating that the products present a moderate to high danger to the public’s health and may result in short-term or short-term negative health impacts.
Class II medications are often not regarded by the FDA as having a serious risk of damage or death.
Should you have bought any of the recalled pain patches, either throw them away or send them back to the retailer.
If you encounter any negative side effects, get in touch with your physician and use the FDA sMedWatch Voluntary Reporting Form to report the issue online.
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EmilyAnn Jackman
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