\n A batch of Ramipril 5mg capsules, produced by\u00a0Crescent Pharma Limited, is being recalled due to a potential manufacturing error.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has advised patients to check whether their packaging matches the affected batch number GR164099, which has an expiry date of October 2026 and comes in packs of 28 capsules.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to the\u00a0Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)\u00a0a\u00a0potential\u00a0manufacturing error\u00a0may have led\u00a0to\u00a0two\u00a0blood pressure medicines\u00a0being\u00a0packaged\u00a0incorrectly.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n This follows a complaint from a pharmacy after a patient reported that a pack labelled\u202f Ramipril 5\u202fmg capsules contained\u202fblister strips of Amlodipine tablets, also used to treat blood pressure, inside the sealed carton.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Both\u00a0blood pressure medications are\u00a0produced\u00a0by the same manufacturer, at\u00a0the same site,\u202fand the error appears to have occurred during secondary packaging of the strips into the cartons.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals said: “If you have received Ramipril 5mg capsules from either of our hospital pharmacies (inpatient or outpatient) within the last 28 days, please check for the following:\n<\/p>\n
\n “Batch number: GR164099; expiry date: 10\/2026; pack size: 28.\n<\/p>\n
\n “If the above match, please open the Ramipril box and check the capsules inside.\n<\/p>\n
\n “If the medication is not Ramipril, please return the pack to your local pharmacy, and contact your GP to arrange a new supply.”\n<\/p>\n
\n According to the MHRA, the risk\u00a0to patients\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0accidental substitution\u00a0of one\u00a0widely used\u00a0blood pressure medication for another\u00a0is low.\u202fThe\u00a0most likely side\u00a0effect\u00a0would be dizziness related to\u00a0low\u00a0blood\u00a0pressure.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Shareen Doak, deputy director of benefit-risk evaluation at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said: “If you take Ramipril, check the packaging for batch number GR164099.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The batch number and expiry date information can be found on the outer carton.\n<\/p>\n
\n “If you have received this batch, check that the medication name on the carton matches the blister strips inside.\n<\/p>\n
\n “If the carton contains blister strips that are labelled as Amlodipine 5 mg tablets, contact your dispensing pharmacy.\n<\/p>\n
\n “If the carton contains blister strips that are correctly labelled as Ramipril 5 mg Capsules, you do not need to take further action.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The MHRA\u202fhas\u00a0advised pharmacy and healthcare professionals to\u00a0return all remaining stock to their suppliers.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A batch of Ramipril 5mg capsules, produced by\u00a0Crescent Pharma Limited, is being recalled due to a potential manufacturing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-474261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}