{"id":103113,"date":"2024-11-23T10:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T10:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/23\/pharmacy-board-recalls-efinox-nasal-drops-over-labeling-mix-up\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T10:03:01","slug":"pharmacy-board-recalls-efinox-nasal-drops-over-labeling-mix-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/pharmacy-board-recalls-efinox-nasal-drops-over-labeling-mix-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy Board recalls Efinox nasal drops over labeling mix-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 23<\/strong> <strong>\u2014 The Pharmacy and Poisons Board has recalled Efinox medicine with batch numbers 82979 and 82978 due to a labeling mix-up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, the Board explained that the mix-up in the labeling and packaging process of the two batches resulted in a discrepancy in the strength of both drugs, making them unsafe for use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pharmacy and Poisons Board has mandated the recall of Efinox 1% w\/v Batch No. 82979 and Efinox 0.5% w\/v Batch No. 82978, manufactured by Laboratory and Allied Ltd, Kenya,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Board has urged pharmacies, health facilities, and the public to stop further distribution, sale, issuance, or use of the affected product batches.<\/p>\n<p>The Board has also advised that the drug, used as nasal drops, be returned to the nearest facility or respective suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>The public has been urged to report any counterfeit drugs or harmful side effects resulting from the use of these products.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 23 \u2014 The Pharmacy and Poisons Board has recalled Efinox medicine with batch numbers 82979 and 82978 due to a labeling mix-up. In a statement on Friday, the Board explained that the mix-up in the labeling and packaging process of the two batches resulted in a discrepancy in the strength of both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}