Triaminic and Theraflu Recall
January 31,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Bottles of Triaminic and Theraflu cold and allergy syrups are being recalled by Novartis because of defective child-resistant bottle caps.
The Triaminic and Theraflu recall covers 142 production lots of Triaminic syrups and 41 lots of Theraflu syrups. Novartis the company that produces the medicines, claims that the defect could allow for the removal the cap without breaking the seal on the bottle.
The company says that it received four reports of adverse events to date related to the Triaminic products.
The Triaminic and Theraflu products were made between May 2010 and December 2011 at a Novartis facility in Nebraska. Novartis shut down that plant in December 2011 after federal inspections found numerous quality-control problems.
Novartis says it believes currently that 97% of the inventory has been used, returned, or quarantined.
