Public Service Announcement re Nurofen Plus

The The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a warning:

'Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Ltd has received three reports of rogue Seroquel XL 50mg tablets in cartons of three different batches of Nurofen Plus tablets. We understand cartons of Nurofen Plus tablets contained only rogue cut-down blisters of Seroquel XL tablets and no Nurofen Plus tablets were present. The rogue Seroquel XL tablet cut-down blisters included parallel imported tablets (from two different PLPI companies) and originator product.'

Is that important you may be asking. Well yes it is as Nurofen is a pain-killer whilst Seroquel is a prescription-only anti-psychotic drug used to treat disorders that include schizophrenia, mania and bipolar depression.

The Nurofen Plus batches to look out for are:

Pack size	Batch number	Expiry date	PL	First distributed
32 Tablets	13JJ	03/2014	00327/0082	30 April 2011
32 Tablets	57JJ	05/2014	00063/0376	21 June 2011
32 Tablets	49JJ	05/2014	00063/0376	1 July 2011