CHICAGO, March 26 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's Greenstone LLC unit said on Saturday that it was voluntarily recalling two drugs in the United States because they may have been labeled incorrectly by a third-party manufacturer.
Some bottles of Citalopram, a depression drug, may have been labeled inaccurately as Finasteride, used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, and vice versa, the company said in a release on Saturday.
Greenstone warned that women who are pregnant should not handle or ingest Finasteride due to risks of side effects that can cause fetal abnormalities.
The company advised patients to return any suspect bottles to their pharmacist.
It was unclear if the mislabeling had caused any illness or injury.
A company spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
(Reporting by Karl Plume, editing by Philip Barbara)
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Some bottles of Citalopram, a depression drug, may have been labeled inaccurately as Finasteride, used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, and vice versa, the company said in a release on Saturday.
Greenstone warned that women who are pregnant should not handle or ingest Finasteride due to risks of side effects that can cause fetal abnormalities.
The company advised patients to return any suspect bottles to their pharmacist.
It was unclear if the mislabeling had caused any illness or injury.
A company spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
(Reporting by Karl Plume, editing by Philip Barbara)
((karl.plume@thomsonreuters.com; +1 312 408 8720; Reuters Messaging: karl.plume.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: PFIZER/RECALL (For help: Click 'Contact Us' in your desk top, click here or call 1-800-738-8377 for Reuters Products and 1-888-463-3383 for Thomson products; For client training: training.americas@thomsonreuters.com ; +1 646-223-5546) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.