{"id":288666,"date":"2025-07-24T19:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/288666\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T19:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:21:09","slug":"urgent-recall-for-asthma-medication-taken-by-thousands-as-health-chiefs-warn-of-wrong-dose-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/288666\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent recall for asthma medication taken by thousands as health chiefs warn of wrong dose instruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN urgent warning has been issued for a common inhaler used by asthma sufferers due to a mistake on the labelling. <\/p>\n<p>The error affecting Flutiform 250 micrograms inhalers means <a aria-label=\"asthma (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/asthma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asthma<\/a> patients could be informed of the wrong dose of the <a aria-label=\"drug (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/medicines-vitamins-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drug<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Woman using an asthma inhaler.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/young-woman-using-asthma-inhaler-1012025883.jpg\" data-caption=\"Patients have been advised to continue to take the medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionals\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/young-woman-using-asthma-inhaler-1012025883.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Patients have been advised to continue to take the medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionalsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>In its alert, UK medicines regulator, the MHRA said: &#8220;CD Pharma Ltd [the inhaler&#8217;s manufacturer] have notified the MHRA of an error on the outer carton of the product for the batches listed in this notification.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the total active content statement is correct, the delivered dose content statement is incorrect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The other product details on the inhaler carton, however, including the name, strength and pharmaceutical form of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medicine<\/a>, are correct. <\/p>\n<p>And the quality of the medicine has not been impacted by the labelling defect. <\/p>\n<p>Patients have been advised to continue to take the medication as prescribed by their healthcare professionals. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, healthcare professionals have been advised to stop supplying the above batch immediately. <\/p>\n<p>The recall urged: &#8220;Quarantine all stock and return it to your supplier using your supplier&#8217;s approved process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The MHRA said: &#8220;This is a wholesale and pharmacy level recall that will be actioned by a healthcare professional.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no quality issue with the product and patients can continue to take their medicine as prescribed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The labelling mistake means patients may have thought they were only receiving half the necessary dose of the medication. <\/p>\n<p>Early Warning Signs of an Asthma Attack<\/p>\n<p>As part of the recall, patients who do experience adverse reactions or have any questions about the medication are advised to seek medical attention. <\/p>\n<p>Any suspected adverse reactions should also be reported via the <a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"MHRA Yellow Card Scheme (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">MHRA Yellow Card Scheme<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Asthma is a common condition. In the UK, 7.2 million people have asthma. This is about eight in every 100 people, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asthmaandlung.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Asthma + Lung UK (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Asthma + Lung UK<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Medicine details<\/p>\n<p>Flutiform 250 micrograms \/ 10 micrograms per actuation pressurised inhalation, suspension<\/p>\n<p>PL: 20492\/0724<\/p>\n<p>Active Ingredient: fluticasone propionate\/formoterol fumarate<\/p>\n<p>SNOMED code: n\/a<\/p>\n<p>GTIN: 05060011835409<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected lot batch numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>270185-24062FA-30424 &#8211; expiry date 30th June 2026 &#8211; pack size 120 Actuations &#8211; first distributed 30 Jun 2025<\/p>\n<p>270186-24065FA-30443 &#8211; expiry date 30 Jun 2026 &#8211; pack size 120 Actuations &#8211; first distributed 04 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p>270774-24082FB-30444 &#8211; expiry date 31 Jul 2026 &#8211; pack size 120 Actuations &#8211; first distributed 04 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p>269881-24064FA-30425 &#8211; expiry date 30 Jun 2026 &#8211; pack size 120 Actuations &#8211; first distributed 04 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0It affects the airways that carry air in and out of your lungs, causing them to become inflamed. <\/p>\n<p>This makes the airways narrower so less air gets into and out of the lungs.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms, like wheezing, breathlessness, a cough or a tight chest, can be\u00a0triggered\u00a0by things like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/fitness-and-exercise\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"exercise (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exercise<\/a>, allergens or changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/weather-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment there is no cure for asthma, but most people with asthma can control their symptoms well with\u00a0asthma inhalers. <\/p>\n<p>Depending on how severe your symptoms are, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/nhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS<\/a> says you may be offered either:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an inhaler to use only when you get symptoms \u2013 this is called an anti-inflammatory reliever (AIR) inhaler<\/li>\n<li>an inhaler to use every day to help prevent symptoms, as well as when you get symptoms \u2013 this is called a maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) inhaler<\/li>\n<li>two separate inhalers \u2013 a preventer inhaler to use every day to help prevent symptoms, and a blue reliever inhaler to use when you get symptoms (you should not be given a blue reliever inhaler to use on its own)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NHS also advises: &#8220;It&#8217;s important to use your inhaler correctly so that your medicine works properly. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are different types, including dry powder inhalers, pMDIs and soft mist inhalers. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A doctor, nurse or pharmacist will show you how to use yours.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AN urgent warning has been issued for a common inhaler used by asthma sufferers due to a mistake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[5530,105,426,4326,3912,437,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-288666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-asthma","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-health-warnings","11":"tag-medication","12":"tag-medicine","13":"tag-section-healthnews-health","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114909838286893779","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288666","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=288666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}