{"id":779062,"date":"2026-07-23T02:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/779062\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T02:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T02:45:12","slug":"allergy-medication-recalled-after-drug-mix-up-that-could-be-life-threatening-fda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/779062\/","title":{"rendered":"Allergy medication recalled after drug mix-up that could be life-threatening: FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jxTEW Poyse ouIFx uieav lqtkC HkWF HfYhe kGyAC \">The company announced the recall on July 18.<\/p>\n<p>ByMason Leib  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GMA logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/origin-gma.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, July 22, 2026 9:00PM<\/p>\n<p>A select number of allergy medications have been voluntarily recalled after cross-contamination with a drug used for heartburn and severe acid reflux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">A select number of allergy medications have been voluntarily recalled after cross-contamination with a drug used for heartburn and severe acid reflux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Unique Pharmaceutical Laboratories is voluntarily recalling four lots of Cetirizine Hydrochloride Tablets USP 5 mg to the consumer level due to cross contamination with Ranitidine,&#8221; an FDA notice reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The contamination could be life-threatening, specifically for those with hypersensitivity to certain ingredients, the FDA says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The recall was announced by the company on July 18 and posted by the FDA this week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/19558295_072226-wls-fda-Cetirizine-Hydrochloride-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ABC News Internet Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The company announced the recall on July 18. ByMason Leib Wednesday, July 22, 2026 9:00PM A select number&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[331924,9257,97,243,6377],"class_list":["post-779062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-331924","tag-abc-news","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}