{"id":754521,"date":"2026-08-30T11:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754521\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:42:08","slug":"thyroid-tablets-recalled-as-they-may-be-superpotent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754521\/","title":{"rendered":"Thyroid tablets recalled as they may be \u2018superpotent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recall was posted by the US Food and <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/2219519\/uk-product-recall-issued-anti-sickness\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drug Administration<\/a> on Monday after the company explained one batch of tablets could be &#8216;superpotent&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Vitruvias Therapeutics, producers of the drug, said in the statement that testing showed that a single lot of its Thyroid Tablets, USP 30 mg had the potential to be superpotent.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">The recalled products were distributed between January 31, 2025 and September 30, 2025 and have an expiration date of 30 September 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The company explained that the tablets can lead to hyperthyroidism.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of hyperthyroidism include weight loss, muscle weakness and chest pain.<\/p>\n<p>Woman, the elderly, children and pregnant women have a higher risk of the condition.<\/p>\n<p>Vitruvias added that there have been no reports of adverse effects from the tablets.<\/p>\n<p>Patients who are currently taking the specific batch of tablets have been urged to not stop taking them without contacting their healthcare provider for guidance or a replacement prescription, according to Vitruvias.<\/p>\n<p>The company is reaching out to wholesalers to ensure that they stop distributing the tablets. They are being arranged to be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with questions has been told to contact the company at <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/health\/2243790\/mailto:safety@vitruvias.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">safety@vitruvias.com<\/a> or by calling 256-239-9373.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The recall was posted by the US Food and Drug Administration on Monday after the company explained one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[2505,102,2960,2761,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-754521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-drugs","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-product-recalls","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754521","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=754521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}