FDA Warns About Stolen Respiratory Medication

NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Thursday not to use certain respiratory medications manufactured by Mylan Inc. unit Dey LP because they might have been part of a stolen shipment.

The agency said certain batches of Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution and Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution may have been part of shipment being transported on a tractor-trailer stolen in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 8, 2009.

The respiratory medications Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution 0.02 percent and Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution 0.083 percent haven't been recovered and could be dangerous, the FDA said.

The FDA is asking patients to check to see if products received or purchased after Sept. 8, 2009, are from one of the following lots: Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution with the name brand "Dey" and lot number 9G04, NDC 49502-697-29; lot number 9FD8, NDC 49502-697-619FD8 and NDC 49502-697-61; and lot number 9FE1, NDC 49502-697-61.

For Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution with the brand name "Dey", lot number F09089, NDC 49502-685-31; lot number C09119, NDC 49502-685-62; and lot number C09120, NDC 49502-685-62.

The FDA said to bring products with these lot numbers back to the pharmacy of purchase to exchange them or call Dey customer service at 800-527-4278.