{"id":637426,"date":"2026-04-29T01:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/637426\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:45:11","slug":"recall-of-sertraline-after-citalopram-found-in-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/637426\/","title":{"rendered":"Recall of Sertraline after Citalopram found in pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-text\">It said that patients who believe they have already taken any Citalopram 40mg tablets by mistake or are experiencing side effects, should seek medical advice immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The MHRA said that pharmacists should stop supplying the batch and contact any patients who may have been dispensed the impacted product \u2013 Sertraline 100mg tablets batch number V2500425.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Dr Alison Cave, the MHRA\u2019s chief safety officer, said: \u201cIf you have been prescribed Sertraline 100mg tablets and have received batch number V2500425, please check the carton contains the right medication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">\u201cYou can find the batch number and expiry date printed on the side of the outer packaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">\u201cIf the blister strips inside the carton are labelled Citalopram 40mg, please contact your pharmacy as soon as possible. If they are labelled Sertraline 100mg, no further action is needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">\u201cPatients who have accidentally taken Citalopram instead of \u2013 or as well as \u2013 Sertraline, may experience some heightened serotonergic side effects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">\u201cThese can include nausea, headache, sleep changes and mild anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">In 2019, more than 16.7 million prescriptions of Sertraline were prescribed by GPs in England, according to a study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It said that patients who believe they have already taken any Citalopram 40mg tablets by mistake or are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[64,63,137,490],"class_list":["post-637426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}