{"id":2895,"date":"2019-03-20T21:08:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T21:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=239510"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:15","slug":"mylan-recalls-injectable-cancer-drug-after-particulates-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/mylan-recalls-injectable-cancer-drug-after-particulates-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"Mylan Recalls Injectable Cancer Drug After Particulates Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Mylan has recalled an injectable drug that reduces the side effects of chemotherapy.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">The drug is <strong>Levoleucovorin Injection 250 mg\/25 mL<\/strong>. It\u2019s commonly prescribed to treat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/Safety\/Recalls\/ucm633784.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">serious side effects<\/a> of high doses of methotrexate, a type of chemotherapy used to treat cancers like osteosarcoma and advanced colorectal cancer. It helps lower the toxicity of methotrexate and counteract side effects.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercepharma.com\/manufacturing\/mylan-and-hospira-recall-different-drugs-after-particulate-discovered-vials\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">voluntary, nationwide recall<\/a> of two lots of levoleucovorin injection that were manufactured by Indian drugmaker Alidac Pharmaceuticals Limited, and were distributed by Mylan Institutional LLC in the U.S. between August 2017 and July 2018.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/mylan-injection-recall\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"523\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239572 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AdobeStock_110627583-1.jpeg\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: Adobe Stock\/satyrenko<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">This recall is for 25 ml, single-use vials Levoleucovorin Injection 250 mg\/25 mL that have the lots numbers: <strong>APB032<\/strong> and <strong>APB033<\/strong> with NDC# 67457-601-30. They expire in April of 2019.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Copper salts were found in samples of the drug during a 12-month stability testing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/Safety\/Recalls\/ucm633784.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Potential health consequences<\/a> include:<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">local irritation<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">vasculitis\/phlebitis<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">antigenic or allergic reactions<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">microvascular obstruction, including pulmonary embolism.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">As of this writing, Mylan has not received any reports of adverse side effects from consumers due to these specific lots.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/mylan-injection-recall\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"523\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239570 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vials.jpg\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: Adobe Stock\/ilyaplatonov<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">If you have any questions, contact Mylan Customer Relations at 800.796.9526, Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST, or email customer service at or customer.service@mylan.com.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">If you experience any of the side effects listed that may be related to using the drug, contact your healthcare provider. You can also report any adverse reactions from this product to the FDA by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/medwatch\/report.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">submitting a form online here<\/a>.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/mylan-injection-recall\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mylan has recalled an injectable drug that reduces the side effects of chemotherapy.The drug is Levoleucovorin Injection 250 mg\/25 mL. It\u2019s commonly prescribed to treat the serious side effects of high doses of methotrexate, a type of chemotherapy used to treat cancers like osteosarcoma and advanced colorectal cancer. It helps lower the toxicity of methotrexate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44552,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895\/revisions\/44552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}