Packaging Mix-Up For Birth Control Pills Prompts Recall

[ehrnst]

<snip>Here's a boo-boo that you just don't expect to happen at a company making prescription medicines — especially a firm called Qualitest Pharmaceuticals.

The Alabama-based maker of generic drugs apparently didn't do enough quality testing. It's recalling a slew of birth control pills because a mistake in the factory put pills in the wrong places inside plastic packages.

That mix-up means women could be getting the wrong pills during the month, leaving them "without adequate contraception, and at risk for unintended pregnancy," according to the company's notice about the recall.

The affected pills are:
Cyclafem 7/7/7
Cyclafem 1/35
Emoquette
Gildess FE 1.5/30
Gildess FE 1/20
Orsythia
Previfem
Tri-Previfem
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/09/16/140530328/packaging-mix-up-for-birth-control-pills-prompts-recall

[youforeal]

1. mistakes happen.

[ehrnst]

3. Their mistakes happen to women - who are less able to deal with the consequences

of that kind of mistake, now more than ever.

[hedgehog]

2. We should all keep this kicked.