Durg mixup incidents are very common and the only key to reducing their danger is an early recall from the market in case of such mishaps. An incident recently happened where a U.S pharmaceutical distributor issued a national recall of their antidepressants and anti-erectile dysfunction pills after a reported mix-up of two medications. The error most probably happened because the two medicines have the same active ingredient sildenafil.
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There are some occupations that hold no capacity for any mishap. One such occupation is medical especially the pharmaceutical business. Any mix-up of medicines or any other mishaps can create a more dangerous situation than imagined.
A similar incident recently happened when a US pharmaceutical issued a call to recall all antidepressants and erectile dysfunction generic viagra after there was a mix-up of two medications.
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According to CNN, pharmaceutical distributor AvKARE made an announcement for a voluntary recall of 100mg sildenafil, which is the active ingredient in the common erectile dysfunction medication known as Viagra, and of the 100mg trazodone tablets used to treat major depressive disorder.
The mishap happened when the two medications which are normally packaged separately were “inadvertently packaged together” and were bottled together by a third-party vendor.
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Had the mix-up not caught earlier, it would have many dire consequences as consumption of Viagra could be dangerous to those who have underlying health issues like high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart disease.
Consuming antidepressants without knowledge can also pose some serious side effects while in the case of Trazadone these common side effects included are dizziness, constipation, sedation, and blurred vision. This is especially dangerous for patients who are elderly and maybe performing heavy-duty tasks alone.
The recall announcement was posted on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website, the recall includes the batches of sildenafil 100 mg tablets of Lot 36884 with an expiration date of March 2022 and trazodone hydrochloride 100 mg Tablets of Lot 36783 with an expiration date of June 2022.
Reports reveal the first batch was first sent to the company’s distributors which were then sent to wholesalers who distributed them nationwide.
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One of the vendors selling this medication is supermarket giant Walmart which then immediately released a shortlist of its pharmacies that have likely been affected by AvKare’s recall. One of its pharmacies is located in Oklahoma while the other two are located in Texas.
Thankfully the mixup was caught early and the pharmaceutical company AvKare have stated that they have not received any report of an adverse health event in wake of this medical incident.
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Another drug recall event happened in the earlier weeks and in December four drugs have been recalled, in which two of the drug were recalled because of the potential contamination with the bacterium Cronobacter sakazakii, which can cause sepsis or severe meningitis in infants.
In the month of February, Medtronic recalled 322,005 of its MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps after discovering a problem that could cause the user to be given the wrong dose of insulin. Unfortunately, before the recall was made, several injuries and one death had already been reported.
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