Alerts

Warnings added of risks during anaesthesia or deep sedation.

Various brands of metformin hydrochloride 1000 mg immediate-release tablets are in shortage.

Weleda Australia Pty Ltd is recalling one batch of Weleda Baby Teething Powder following a complaint that a fragment of glass was found in one bottle of this product.

Felton Grimwade & Bosisto’s Pty Ltd is recalling all batches of Euky Bear Warm Steam Vaporiser, Model number EBSV2013 due to a quality problem whereby the enclosed heating element can overheat.

Updated illustrations clarify how to use measuring syringe for oral solutions.

Brauer Natural Medicine is recalling several batches of its Baby & Child Teething Gel, 20 g, due to the potential for a small plastic fragment from the tube rim being present in the gel.

Stryker is conducting an urgent recall of certain lots of the HeartSine Samaritan Public Access Defibrillator Pak (PAD-PAK). Stryker is now attempting to reach the small percentage of customers affected.

Stryker is conducting an urgent product correction of certain lots of the HeartSine Defibrillator. Stryker is now attempting to reach the small percentage of customers affected.

Bliss Baby is recalling all batches of ARTG 351147 - Flatus tube, single-use - Lufti Colic Reliever, due to insufficient evidence provided to the TGA to support its safe use.

Ritalin and Artige immediate-release tablets are now also in shortage, and a shortage of Ritalin LA capsules is anticipated.

We are aware of products being sold in Australia that claim to contain, or influence the levels of, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD, NAD+, NADH) or nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) in the body.

Acne medication warnings further highlight potential risks of mood-related changes and sexual disorders.

Several vitamin and perinatal (including preconception) products are being recalled due to a lack of or excessive levels of potassium iodine.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals Australia has issued a product alert for Vyvanse capsules due to minor packaging errors. The medication is safe to use as prescribed.

Magnum XXL capsules pose a serious risk to your health and should not be taken.

Further examples of counterfeit Ozempic-labelled products have been detected and stopped at the Australian border.

Reynard Health Supplies is conducting a Critical Recall of the above products. A contamination problem has been identified with the products.

More prominent warnings are being added to the Product Information and Consumer Medicine Information for all oral and injectable (systemic) fluoroquinolones to strengthen existing warnings about serious side effects.

Possible risk of learning, communication and behaviour problems in children born to men taking this medicine.

Extra safety information is being added to all montelukast products to highlight the existing warnings about serious behaviour and mood-related changes

Boston Scientific have advised that subsets of ACCOLADE and VISIONIST pacemakers have an increased risk of permanently entering Safety Mode which has limited functionality.

Pharmacists can use a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument (SSSI) to dispense Protaphane Penfill human insulin in the place of a Protaphane InnoLet cartridge.

Caruso's Natural Health Pty Ltd is recalling certain batches of WEE LESS, BLOAT EZE and ASHWAGANDHA 7500 due to suspected tampering.

Gold Max Blue capsules pose a serious risk to your health and should not be taken.

Dynamint X tablets pose a serious risk to your health and should not be taken.