{"id":23202,"date":"2025-03-04T14:41:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23202"},"modified":"2025-03-04T16:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:24:59","slug":"boots-recalls-paracetamol-over-labelling-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23202","title":{"rendered":"Boots recalls paracetamol over labelling error"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">The High Street pharmacy chain Boots is asking customers to return packs of 500-milligram paracetamol tablets because a labelling error incorrectly states they are a different painkiller, aspirin. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">More than 110,000 packs, with the batch number 241005 and expiry date &#8220;12\/2029&#8221; on the bottom, are affected.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Customers can receive a full refund without a receipt. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Boots and the supplier, Aspar Pharmaceuticals Limited, have begun a full investigation.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">The outer cardboard packaging is correctly labelled: &#8220;Paracetamol 500mg Tablets&#8221; but the inner foil blister pack of pills instead reads: &#8220;Aspirin 300mg Dispersable Tablets&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">The affected packs should not be used or kept, even if the error is known, as this could lead to an incorrect dose.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">And anyone who has bought this product for someone else should tell them as soon as possible.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Dr Stephanie Millican, from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), said: &#8220;Patient safety is always our priority. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;It is vitally important that you check the packaging of your Boots Paracetamol 500mg Tablets 16s &#8211; and if the batch number is 241005, you should stop using the product and return it to a Boots store for a full refund.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;If you are unsure which pack you have purchased or have taken Boots Paracetamol 500mg Tablets and experienced any side effects, seek advice from a healthcare professional. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;Please report any suspected adverse reactions via the MHRA&#8217;s Yellow Card scheme.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;If you have any questions or require further advice, please seek advice from your pharmacist or other relevant healthcare professional.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Street pharmacy chain Boots is asking customers to return packs of 500-milligram paracetamol tablets because a labelling error incorrectly states they are a different painkiller, aspirin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23204,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23205,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23202\/revisions\/23205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}