Boots recalls paracetamol over labelling error

The High Street pharmacy concatenation Boots is asking customers to instrumentality packs of 500-milligram paracetamol tablets due to the fact that a labelling mistake incorrectly states they are a antithetic painkiller, aspirin.

More than 110,000 packs, with the batch fig 241005 and expiry day "12/2029" connected the bottom, are affected.

Customers tin person a afloat refund without a receipt.

Boots and the supplier, Aspar Pharmaceuticals Limited, person begun a afloat investigation.

The outer cardboard packaging is correctly labelled: "Paracetamol 500mg Tablets" but the interior foil blister battalion of pills alternatively reads: "Aspirin 300mg Dispersable Tablets".

The affected packs should not beryllium utilized oregon kept, adjacent if the mistake is known, arsenic this could pb to an incorrect dose.

And anyone who has bought this merchandise for idiosyncratic other should archer them arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Dr Stephanie Millican, from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said: "Patient information is ever our priority.

"It is vitally important that you cheque the packaging of your Boots Paracetamol 500mg Tablets 16s - and if the batch fig is 241005, you should halt utilizing the merchandise and instrumentality it to a Boots store for a afloat refund.

"If you are unsure which battalion you person purchased oregon person taken Boots Paracetamol 500mg Tablets and experienced immoderate broadside effects, question proposal from a healthcare professional.

"Please study immoderate suspected adverse reactions via the MHRA's Yellow Card scheme.

"If you person immoderate questions oregon necessitate further advice, delight question proposal from your pharmacist oregon different applicable healthcare professional."