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The Ministry of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare has withdrawn from the market all units of a batch of Gelocatil of 1 gram oral solution, in its presentation in 10 envelopes, due to an error in the printing of the dose that in some units is listed as 650 milligrams

As reported on Friday by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (Aemps), specifically it is lot N006 with an expiration date in November 2021 manufactured and marketed by Ferrer Internacional SA

After the withdrawal of all distributed units of said lot from the market and their return to the laboratory by the usual channels, the Aemps urged the autonomous communities to monitor the withdrawal.

The active substance in Gelocatil is paracetamol, a drug indicated for the symptomatic relief of occasional mild or moderate pain, such as headache, dental, muscle (contractures) or back pain (lumbago) and in febrile states.

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