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Posted on 08/03/2026 4:34:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
(NewsNation) — Major Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling a popular thyroid medication, federal regulators announced this month.
The Levothyroxine Sodium Tablets were recalled because they are subpotent, meaning they are not fully effective, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. The medication is used to treat hypothyroidism and goiter, among other conditions, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The recall was designated a Class II on July 17, meaning the tablets may cause temporary adverse health consequences, the FDA said.
Major Pharmaceuticals packaged and distributed the recalled medication nationwide, and Cardinal Health also distributed some of it.
The recalled tablets were packaged in 10-count blister packs, sold individually or in cartons of 10 packs (100 total), the FDA added. The tablets were available in 25, 50, 75, 88, 112 and 150 microgram amounts with expiration dates ranging from July 2026 to January 2027.
The FDA didn’t disclose the number of tablets recalled but confirmed the recall was initiated July 13.
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A very poorly worded headline, making it seem like a huge deal.
This is one manufacturer with selected lots, against a largely unaffected thyroid medication industry.
I still hate Big Pharma, corrupt to the core since the early 1900s.
I wonder wher these batches were manufactured.
EC
The pills could be made here with precursors made in India or China.
Been taking Levothyroxine for 8 years now and have missed doses often with no apparent problems, but wouldn’t want to push it.
Just saying it’s nothing to panic about. The little pills have a splitting slot on them so taking one and a half of the weaker lot seems easy until you get new, correct prescriptions.
This happens occasionally.
Third-world TQM isn’t what it could be. Even in the first world, pharmaceutical manufacturing is fraught with error - I can recall past events including fungal spores in injectable medications, ophthalmic solution contaminants and more from US manufacturers.
The worst of these from overseas was the acetaminophen “issue” where someone dumped twice the amount of APAP into a bulk processing tank in the Philippines or Delhi or somewhere leading to some bottles with NO APAP and some with twice the amount bordering on toxic for infants and toddlers. Couldn’t get the stuff OTC for about a year.
But LT4 (sodium LevoThyroxine) problems? I’ve seen this since being a pharmacy tech in the late 70’s-early 80’s, in med school and in clinical practice at least a handful of times.
All those panicked little old ladies (and karens) coming in saying I think my new drug isn’t the right dose [having read something online they just KNOW their morning sleep inertia/OSA-related symptoms TODAY must be from the dosing error] and I obligingly go along with their concerns and order (yet) another TSH/T3-T4 panel to assuage their fears and anxiety (disorder).
Thing is, LT4 has a LONG serum half life for effective levels meaning, the level today reduces by about HALF every week. CLINICAL signs and symptoms generally don’t show up for WEEKS but, those patients “who know my own body” just KNOW if they skpped a dose whether by accident, neglect or blank tablets whatever they’re feeling NOW just HAS to be from low thyroid hormone.
Around 99% of all tests came back normal.
I’d tell them to keep taking it and we could repeat the test in a few weeks or the pharmacy would get back to one of us if the lot THEY were issued was one that was recalled - at which point I’d direct them to the pharmacy for further instruction.
Hard to tell someone who’s panicking over nothing critical to not panic. They head directly to the patient rep/HR office immediately when we do this.
They didn’t name the manufacturer . Teva is the manufacturer with a history of problems with manufacturing this product.
Also the product could be old. Levothyroxine is known to lose potency with age.
Use only synthroid
Takes six weeks for any dose adjustment to show up in body or blood.
They didn’t name the manufacturer .
Major Pharmaceuticals is the name of the company.
Synthroid IS levothyroxine. It’s the brand name version. Levothyroxine is the generic drug. There’s no difference between them other than cost. Most insurers won’t pay for brand name drugs when generic versions are available
Interesting factoid. FDA realized in the late ‘90s that all T4 hormone replacements had never underwent testing. They gave notice to that all manufacturers requiring them to file a NDA proving their thyroid medicine met standards for potency, etc. Abbott’s Synthroid was the last name brand to gain approval. Up to that point they were not either overloading or under loading their pills. They had a huge consistent potency problem to correct. Eventually, they got their problems worked out and received approval.
Ugh. Need coffee. Sorry for the poorly written sentences. Lol
so why not use iodized ordinary table salt?
so why not use iodized ordinary table salt?
Some people like my sister cannot absorb the iodine naturally and has to take a medication to boost it............
Yes remember.
The over/under permitted is still too much variance for me.
Been on synthroid etc since 1988
Wrong.
Although same recipe is used in brand and generic, potency varies. The under/over variance to generic is for some people....substantial.
In other words allowable dose variance in each pill can be for example 80% to 110% in generics versus brand. I am using sample percentages here to make the point.
We have A LOT of drugs being recalled. Quality control outside of the USA just isn’t the same.
We should not be buying our medicines from overseas at all.
There was a scandal a few years back about Indian drug manufacturer’s employees stealing the BP drugs for their relatives and just shipping out dummy pills............
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