Recalled infant ibuprofen products reach expiration dates
Per FDA recommendations, recalled or not, do not use expired meds
FBN's Cheryl Casone on Tris Pharma's recall of liquid ibuprofen for infants.
The remaining products of a recall of liquid ibuprofen for infants because some batches were found to have higher levels of ibuprofen concentration have expired.
Tris Pharma, the manufacturer of the affected batches of the Ibuprofen Oral Suspension Drops USP, 50 mg per 1.25 mL, which were distributed at CVS and Walmart made the recall in January of 2019. An earlier version of this story indicated that it was this January.
Between the recall and the expiration dates (all of the expired products and expiration dates can be found here) consumers should not use these products. The last recalled product with the 12/19 expiration dates are:
Lot No NDC Expiration
4718 59779-925-23 12/19
CVS Health: Infants’ Ibuprofen Concentrated Oral Suspension, USP, 50 mg per 1.25 mL, in 0.5 oz. bottle
00717005A 49035-125-24 12/19
Equate: Infants’ Suspension, USP, 50 mg per 1.25 mL, in USP, 50 mg per 1.25 mL, in 1.0 oz.bottle (sold at Wal-mart)
00717006A 59779-925-2 12/19
CVS Health: Infants’ Ibuprofen Concentrated Oral Suspension, USP, 50 mg per 1.25 mL, in 0.5 oz. bottle
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The FDA offers articles as well as a video on how to dispose of expired drugs. “Once the expiration date has passed there is no guarantee that the medicine will be safe and effective,” said Ilisa Bernstein, Pharm.D., J.D., Deputy Director of the Office of Compliance in FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Bernstein. “If your medicine has expired, do not use it.”