Victory Medical Center Pharmacy Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall

Victory Medical Center Pharmacy is recalling certain lots of Compounded Glutathione 200 mg/mL Multi-Dose Vials because pharmacy testing identified elevated bacterial endotoxin levels.

Risk Statement

There is reasonable probability that injectable products with elevated endotoxin levels could cause significant medical events including fevers, hypotension, inflammatory reactions, anaphylactic shock and death.

To date, Victory Medical Center Pharmacy has received reports of adverse events, including fever, chills, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, changes in blood pressure, body aches, and instances of injection site reactions.

This compounded glutathione was distributed to consumers in Texas, Florida, and New York.

Recommendations

• Patients who have product from an affected lot should:
  • Stop using the product immediately and quarantine any product subject to this recall. Patients and prescribers will receive a full refund for recalled product if they have not already been reimbursed.
  • Contact Victory Medical Center Pharmacy to arrange for retrieval and proper disposition of the recalled product.
  • Contact their prescribing physician if they have experienced any symptoms or problems that may be related to use of this product.

Prescribers and patients with questions regarding this recall can contact Victory Medical Center Pharmacy at (512) 279-0985.

For more information about this recall, read the full recall notice.