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Drug Recalls and Withdrawals

Gateway Health Plan Medicare AssuredSM has been notified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the below medications will no longer be available due to safety reasons.

If you are currently taking any of these medications, Gateway Health Plan Medicare AssuredSM will contact you and your physician to make you aware of this drug withdrawal. In the meantime, it is suggested you do the following:

  1. Call your doctor right away. You and your doctor should talk about if you should stop taking the drug immediately. Your doctor may suggest another drug that is safe and effective for treating your condition.
  2. If you have questions about the right way to dispose of the drug, call the pharmacy that filled the drug for help.

Your doctor will be able to answer your questions about how this may or may not have an effect on your health.

There are covered alternatives that may be available to replace the drug that has been withdrawn from the market. If your doctor has questions about coverage of an alternative drug that has been or will be prescribed for you, your doctor can call our pharmacy services department.

If you have any questions or concerns about this matter, please call our member services department at 1-800-685-5209 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Drug Date Withdrawn from the Market
Mylicon® Gas Relief Dye Free non-staining drops (simethicone) in 1 ounce bottles 11/7/2008
Isosorbide Mononitrate 30mg extended release tablets with multiple lot numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
Isosorbide Mononitrate 60mg extended release tablets with multiple lot numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
Propafenone HCl Tablets 150mg tablets with multiple lot numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
Propafenone HCl Tablets 225mg tablets with multiple lot numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
Propafenone HCl Tablets 300mg tablets with multiple lot numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
Morphine Sulfate 15mg immediate release tablets with multiple lot numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
Morphine Sulfate 30mg immediate release tablets with multiple lot numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
Morphine Sulfate 15mg extended release tablets with multiple lot numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
Dextroamphetamine Sulfate 10mg tablets, lot numbers 77946, 81141, & 81142 made by ETHEX Corporation 11/7/2008
ReliOn Insulin Syringes 1cc, 31 Gauge (100units for use with U-100 Insulin) 11/5/2008
Foscavir (foscarnet sodium) injection to be discontinued by April 30, 2009 11/3/2008
Dextroamphetamine Sulfate 5mg tablets, lot numbers 77946, 81141, & 81142 made by ETHEX Corporation 10/15/2008
Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Suspension, USP 15g/60mL, lot numbers 856396A & 856693A made by Roxane Laboratories, Inc. 7/14/2008
Morphine sulfate 60mg extended release tablets with multiple lot numbers and morphine sulfate 30mg extended release tablets with multiple lost numbers made by ETHEX Corporation 6/13/2008
Morphine sulfate 60mg extended release tablets in lot number 91762 made by ETHEX Corporation 6/9/2008
Intal® (cromolyn sodium inhalation solution) Nebulizer Solution Discontinued 5/30/2008
Solodyn (minocycline) 90mg extended release tablets from lot numbers B080037 and B080038 manufactured during February 2008 5/16/2008
TILADE® Inhaler (nedocromil sodium inhalation solution) Discontinued 4/30/2008
Digitek® oral tablets (all strengths) manufactured by Actavis Totowa 4/28/2008
Covidien Pre-filled Syringes containing Heparin 3/28/2008
Neupro (rotigotine) Transdermal Patches Date Released: 3/21/2008
Date Removed from market: 4/30/2008
American Health Packaging of Heparin Sodium Vial Products (Part of Broader Baxter Recall) 3/20/2008
Fentanyl 25mcg/hr, 50mcg/hr, 75mcg/hr, and 100mcg/hr Patch made by Actavis South Atlantic Pharmaceuticals Inc.
(with expiration dates of May 2009 through December 2009)
3/4/2008
Baxter heparin sodium vial products 2/28/2008
Fentanyl 25mcg/hr, 50mcg/hr, 75mcg/hr, and 100mcg/hr Patch made by Actavis South Atlantic Pharmaceuticals Inc.
(with expiration dates of May 2009 through August 2009)
2/17/2008
Duragesic 25mcg/hr Patch, Fentanyl 25mcg/hr Patch made by Sandoz Inc.
(with expiration dates on or before December 2009)
2/12/2008
Permax (pergolide) 3/29/2007
Zelnorm (tegaserod) 3/20/2007

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