{"id":642097,"date":"2026-10-26T20:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/642097\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:10:09","slug":"thousands-of-pet-medications-recalled-nationwide-due-to-potential-potency-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/642097\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of pet medications recalled nationwide due to potential potency issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-iHGNWf sc-lcIPJg diejmU hYQwnP article-text\">If you have pets, a recall has been issued that you will want to keep on your radar. Nearly 4,000 medications used to treat pets and other animals are being recalled nationwide over concerns they may be too strong or too weak. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-iHGNWf sc-lcIPJg diejmU hYQwnP article-text\">New Jersey-based Wedgewood Pharmacy announced the recall after testing found inconsistencies in the strength of some medications. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-iHGNWf sc-lcIPJg diejmU hYQwnP article-text\">The affected products were shipped to veterinary practices, pharmacies, and other customers across the country between Feb. 18 and Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-iHGNWf sc-lcIPJg diejmU hYQwnP article-text\">The recalled products include liquids, powders, sprays, eye drops, and injections used to treat dogs, cats, horses, fish and other animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-iHGNWf sc-lcIPJg diejmU hYQwnP article-text\">The health risks associated with low potency can include ineffective treatment, while the health risks involved with high potency can include toxicity or even overdose. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-iHGNWf sc-lcIPJg diejmU hYQwnP article-text\">So far, Wedgewood has received 98 complaints, seven of which the company described as serious. Customers are urged to contact their veterinarians if they have medical concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-iHGNWf sc-lcIPJg diejmU hYQwnP article-text\">For a full list of the products involved in this recall, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wedgewood.com\/recall-lookup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wedgewood.com\/recall-lookup\/\">here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WSLS 10 &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you have pets, a recall has been issued that you will want to keep on your radar.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[314870,134,524,111,139,69,314872,24178,314871],"class_list":["post-642097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-animal-medication-safety","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pet-medication-potency","tag-recall","tag-veterinary-pharmacy-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}