{"id":1038185,"date":"2026-06-20T05:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1038185\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T05:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T05:23:17","slug":"popular-antidepressant-recalled-for-high-levels-of-a-potentially-cancer-causing-chemical-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1038185\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular antidepressant recalled for high levels of a potentially cancer-causing chemical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">(Gray News) \u2014 A popular antidepressant is being recalled for high levels of a potentially cancer-causing chemical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The recall is for nearly 360,000 bottles of the prescription drug duloxetine, a generic version of Cymbalta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The FDA said Breckenridge Pharmaceutical recalled the medication June 4 for high levels of nitrosamines, a chemical compound that may increase the risk of cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The recall affects duloxetine delayed-release capsules in both 30-mg and 60-mg sizes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/index.cfm?Product=220846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/index.cfm?Product=220846\">30-mg capsules<\/a> that were recalled have lot code 241180C and an expiration date of April 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/index.cfm?Product=220996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/index.cfm?Product=220996\">60-mg capsules<\/a> that were recalled have multiple lot codes and expiration dates affected, including:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list | article-list\">\n<li>Expiration date November 2026, lot code 232311 <\/li>\n<li>Expiration date January 2027, lot code 240316<\/li>\n<li>Expiration date February 2027, lot codes 240317, 240318, 240315C, 240373C, 240370C, 240375C and 240413C<\/li>\n<li>Expiration date April 2027, lot codes 240978C and 241052C<\/li>\n<li>Expiration date May 2027, lot code 241074C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The recalled medications were distributed nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">If you have any of these recalled medications, contact your doctor or pharmacist about next steps. Experts say not to stop taking the medication without speaking to a medical professional.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Gray News) \u2014 A popular antidepressant is being recalled for high levels of a potentially cancer-causing chemical. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1037633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4315],"tags":[46263,285994,1204,284989,284988,2460,105,4326,285993,4329,4556,49557,83584,197434,285992,16,15],"class_list":["post-1038185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-antidepressant","tag-breckenridge-pharmaceutical","tag-cancer","tag-cymbalta","tag-duloxetine","tag-fda","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-nitrosamines","tag-pills","tag-prescription","tag-recall","tag-recalled","tag-rx","tag-snri","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116780768296520304","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1037633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}