Urgent recall of common antibiotic used by thousands over tablet error

By Hanna Geissler, Health Editor

The manufacturing mistake is thought to impact 2 batches (Image: MHRA)

Batches of antibiotic medicine are being recalled from suppliers aft they were recovered to incorporate an other tablet.

Nitrofurantoin is prescribed to dainty and forestall urinary tract infections specified arsenic cystitis. It kills bacteria by entering their cells and damaging their familial material.

The cause is sold by CNX Therapeutics successful blister packs of capsules, which incorporate pulverization and 2 yellowish tablets.

But immoderate packs person been recovered to incorporate an further yellowish tablet alongside the capsule.

A announcement issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said this was “from the manufacturing process and not from breached capsules”.

Suppliers are being asked to quarantine each products with 2 circumstantial batch numbers, which were distributed successful December.

The MHRA announcement said: “Should a diligent contiguous a battalion containing an other tablet, the tablet whitethorn beryllium removed and the diligent assured that the capsule is harmless to instrumentality stating the other tablet did not travel from the capsule.”

Patients who find an affected packet were advised to instrumentality it to the pharmacy they got it from.

The MHRA added: “Patients that person taken the further tablet with the capsule person ingested a higher dose of nitrofurantoin than was intended, however, the effects are understood and this should not person caused harm.

“Patients who acquisition adverse reactions oregon person immoderate questions astir the medicine should question aesculapian attention.”

Side effects of nitrofurantoin see an upset stomach, though this tin beryllium prevented by taking it with oregon consecutive aft food.

It tin besides crook your pee acheronian yellowish oregon brown, with colour returning to mean aft the attraction people has ended.