{"id":22305,"date":"2025-07-25T05:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22305\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T05:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:17:08","slug":"urgent-recall-for-asthma-medication-taken-by-thousands-as-health-chiefs-warn-of-wrong-dose-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/22305\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent recall for asthma medication taken by thousands as health chiefs warn of wrong dose instruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN urgent warning has been issued for a common inhaler used by asthma sufferers due to a mistake on the labelling. <\/p>\n<p>The error affecting Flutiform 250 micrograms inhalers means <a aria-label=\"asthma (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/asthma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">asthma<\/a> patients could be informed of the wrong dose of the <a aria-label=\"drug (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/medicines-vitamins-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">drug<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Woman using an asthma inhaler.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/young-woman-using-asthma-inhaler-1012025883.jpg\" data-caption=\"Patients have been advised to continue to take the medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionals\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/young-woman-using-asthma-inhaler-1012025883.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Patients have been advised to continue to take the medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionalsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>In its alert, UK medicines regulator, the MHRA said: &#8220;CD Pharma Ltd [the inhaler&#8217;s manufacturer] have notified the MHRA of an error on the outer carton of the product for the batches listed in this notification.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the total active content statement is correct, the delivered dose content statement is incorrect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The other product details on the inhaler carton, however, including the name, strength and pharmaceutical form of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/medicine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">medicine<\/a>, are correct. <\/p>\n<p>And the quality of the medicine has not been impacted by the labelling defect. <\/p>\n<p>Patients have been advised to continue to take the medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionals. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, healthcare professionals have been advised to stop supplying the above batch immediately. <\/p>\n<p>The recall urged: &#8220;Quarantine all stock and return it to your supplier using your supplier&#8217;s approved process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The MHRA said: &#8220;This is a wholesale and pharmacy level recall that will be actioned by a healthcare professional.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no quality issue with the product and patients can continue to take their medicine as prescribed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The labelling mistake means patients may have thought they were only receiving half the necessary dose of the medication. <\/p>\n<p>Early Warning Signs of an Asthma Attack<\/p>\n<p>As part of the recall, patients who do experience adverse reactions or have any questions about the medication are advised to seek medical attention. <\/p>\n<p>Any suspected adverse reactions should also be reported via the <a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"MHRA Yellow Card Scheme (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">MHRA Yellow Card Scheme<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Asthma is a common condition. In the UK, 7.2 million people have asthma. This is about eight in every 100 people, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asthmaandlung.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Asthma + Lung UK (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Asthma + Lung UK<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Medicine details<\/p>\n<p>Flutiform 250 micrograms \/ 10 micrograms per actuation pressurised inhalation, suspension<\/p>\n<p>PL: 20492\/0724<\/p>\n<p>Active Ingredient: fluticasone propionate\/formoterol fumarate<\/p>\n<p>SNOMED code: n\/a<\/p>\n<p>GTIN: 05060011835409<\/p>\n<p>Affected lot batch numbers:<\/p>\n<p>270185-24062FA-30424 &#8211; expiry date 30th June 2026 &#8211; pack size 120 Actuations &#8211; first distributed 30 Jun 2025<\/p>\n<p>270186-24065FA-30443 &#8211; expiry date 30 Jun 2026 &#8211; pack size 120 Actuations &#8211; first distributed 04 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p>270774-24082FB-30444 &#8211; expiry date 31 Jul 2026 &#8211; pack size 120 Actuations &#8211; first distributed 04 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p>269881-24064FA-30425 &#8211; expiry date 30 Jun 2026 &#8211; pack size 120 Actuations &#8211; first distributed 04 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0It affects the airways that carry air in and out of your lungs, causing them to become inflamed. <\/p>\n<p>This makes the airways narrower so less air gets into and out of the lungs.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms, like wheezing, breathlessness, a cough or a tight chest, can be\u00a0triggered\u00a0by things like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/fitness-and-exercise\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"exercise (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">exercise<\/a>, allergens or changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/weather-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">weather<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment there is no cure for asthma, but most people with asthma can control their symptoms well with\u00a0asthma inhalers. <\/p>\n<p>Depending on how severe your symptoms are, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/nhs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHS<\/a> says you may be offered either:<\/p>\n<p>an inhaler to use only when you get symptoms \u2013 this is called an anti-inflammatory reliever (AIR) inhaleran inhaler to use every day to help prevent symptoms, as well as when you get symptoms \u2013 this is called a maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) inhalertwo separate inhalers \u2013 a preventer inhaler to use every day to help prevent symptoms, and a blue reliever inhaler to use when you get symptoms (you should not be given a blue reliever inhaler to use on its own)<\/p>\n<p>The NHS also advises: &#8220;It&#8217;s important to use your inhaler correctly so that your medicine works properly. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are different types, including dry powder inhalers, pMDIs and soft mist inhalers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A doctor, nurse or pharmacist will show you how to use yours.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AN urgent warning has been issued for a common inhaler used by asthma sufferers due to a mistake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[11559,49,48,84,3856,377,1058,3852],"class_list":["post-22305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-asthma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-health-warnings","tag-medication","tag-medicine","tag-section-healthnews-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}