RELATED: If You Take This Common Medication, Call Your Doctor Now, FDA Says. On Oct. 19, the FDA announced that Burbank, California-based Bryant Ranch Prepack had recalled one lot of its Methocarbamol 500-mg. tablets, a medication commonly used to treat muscle spasms, pain, and stiffness. The affected medication comes in a rounded white bottle with a white and red label with a yellow border; the bottles are printed with lot number 16935, expiration date 10/22, and the words “Packaged by Bryant Ranch Prepack.” For the latest health and safety news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter! The recall was initiated after it was discovered that the wrong medication may be contained in the packaging for Bryant Ranch Prepack’s Methocarbamol 500-mg. tablets.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The Methocarbamol 500-mg. tablet bottles may actually contain Methocarbamol 750-mg. tablets, the recall notice explains. The recall affects 30-, 60-, and 90-tablet bottles of Methocarbamol, which were distributed throughout the United States. Anyone who takes the Methocarbamol affected by the recall may accidentally get a significantly higher dose of the medication than the one they’re prescribed. “If a patient takes a 750mg Tablet of Methocarbamol instead of the prescribed 500mg Tablets, it potentially could result in Excessive Central Nervous System depression which may result in nausea, sedation, fainting, falls, seizure, coma, and death,” the recall notice explains. At the time the recall was announced, Bryant Ranch Prepack had received no reports of injury, illness, or other health issues associated with the recalled medication. If you are in possession of the recalled Methocarbamol, stop using it immediately. The medication should be returned to the location from which it was purchased, and anyone prescribed the recalled medication should contact their doctor. If you have questions related to the recall, contact Bryant Ranch Prepack at [email protected] or 877-885-0882 on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST. RELATED: If You Use This Medication, Throw It Away Now, FDA Says.
