ROCHE Products, in consultation with the Therapeutic Goods Administration, is recalling all batches of Valium 5mg tablets supplied in blister packs of 50 tablets "due to the discovery of evidence of medicine tampering".
The TGA said it had been identified that some blister pack sheets containing other medicines have been substituted into some packs of Valium 5mg tablets - including BTC Paracetamol Codeine tablets, BTC Rosuvastatin 10mg tablets and Apotex-Pantoprazole 40mg tablets.
The issue is currently being investigated in conjunction with the relevant authorities, but the TGA said it's believed the tampering is not widespread.
Apotex is recalling one batch of BTC Paracetamol Codeine tablets (batch number 40970, expiry date 05/2018); one batch of BTC Rosuvastatin 10mg tablets (batch number F4250 expiry 08/2019) and one batch of Apotex-Pantoprazole 40mg tablets (batch number F4442, expiry 10/2018) because of potentially missing blister sheets.
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