Class 4 Caution in Use: Amoxicillin Sugar Free Suspension 250mg/5ml & Amoxicillin Sugar Free Suspension 125mg/5ml

Medreich has provided handling instructions following several complaints that the child-resistant caps are difficult to open (EL(16)A/17)

Product information

EL number

EL(16)A/17

MDR number

MDR 099-11/16

Company name

Medreich ‘PLC’

Product description

Amoxicillin Sugar Free Suspension 250mg/5ml PL 21880/0124
Amoxicillin Sugar Free Suspension 125mg/5ml PL 21880/0123

Brief description of the problem

Medreich has provided handling instructions following several complaints that the child-resistant are difficult to open. The complaints follow the introduction of a new child-resistant cap with a red tamper-evident ring earlier this year.

Please follow the handling instructions in the document attached below to avoid difficulty in opening the child resistant cap.

Company details

If the bottle cannot be opened using the handling instructions, please contact Medreich by email qagroup@medreich.co.uk or by phone on 020 8831 1580

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Amoxicillin Sugar Free Suspension - Class 4 caution in use - EL(16)A_17

Recipients of this Drug Alert should bring it to the attention of relevant contacts by copy of this letter. Local area teams are asked to forward this to relevant clinics, dispensing general practitioners and community pharmacists for information.

Updates to this page

Published 14 December 2016