Alysena-28 birth control pills recalled over fears of extra placebo pills
Posted April 13, 2013 9:30 am.
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Health Canada and Apotex Incorporated are recalling additional lot numbers of Alysena-28 birth control pills as a precautionary measure.
Apotex is investigating why one lot of the product contained packages with extra placebo pills in place of the active pills.
Packages of Alysena-28 should have three rows of pink (active) pills and only one row of white (placebo) pills.
The company is advising that Canadians using this product should use a non-hormonal method of birth control, contact their health-care provider for advice and return unopened packages to their pharmacist.
Alysena-21, which is manufactured at the same facility, is not part of the recall as those packages don’t normally include a row of placebo pills.
Consumers are also strongly encouraged to report any medical problems associated with the use of Alysena-28, Alysena-21 or other health products to Health Canada.
The specific lots being recalled are:
LF01901A, LF01980A, LF02037A, LF01900A, LF01982A, LF02036A, LF01898A, LF01981A, LF02026A, LF01894B, LF01979A
