A choice of eye drops line a shelf at a pharmacy in Los Angeles in December 2023.
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Pharmaceutical firm AvKare has issued a voluntary recall on a number of of its over-the-counter merchandise for dry and irritated eyes, citing regulatory “deviations” recognized throughout an audit by the Meals and Drug Administration.
“Well being Hazard to the person is unknown,” AvKare mentioned in a press release on its web site. The “deviations might result in merchandise of unacceptable high quality, and it’s not potential to rule out affected person dangers ensuing from use of those merchandise.”
These deviations might be something from points with packaging to issues that occurred throughout manufacturing. AvKare didn’t specify what points had been recognized.
The 5 recalled merchandise embrace lubricant eye drops and eye gels, which shoppers ought to instantly stop utilizing, AvKare warned. The gadgets affected have been shipped Could 26, 2023 by way of April 21, 2025.
The merchandise are:
NDC# 50268-043-15 Synthetic Tears Ophthalmic SolutionNDC# 50268-066-15 Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic Gel 1percentNDC# 50268-068-15 Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Ophthalmic SolutionNDC# 50268-126-15 Lubricant Eye Drops SolutionNDC# 50268-678-15 Polyvinyl Alcohol Ophthalmic Resolution
Neither AvKare nor the FDA responded to NPR’s requests for remark.
AvKare mentioned clients are eligible for a full refund on their affected merchandise, together with the price of delivery the returns.
Over-the-counter eye therapies have made headlines lately after a spate of contamination points affected dozens of manufacturers. Among the affected merchandise in previous recollects included eye drops from nationwide manufacturers like CVS Well being, Goal and Ceremony Help.
