Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy Recalls Hydrocortisone and Econazole Cream Tubes
The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Port Charlotte, Florida, is recalling specific tubes of Hydrocortisone 2.5%/Econazole 1% cream due to a lack of processing control.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Drugs): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 2/5 (Moderate).
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class II and involves a lack of processing control without reported illnesses or injuries, fitting the criteria for a moderate severity voluntary precautionary recall.
Plain-English summary
The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Port Charlotte, Florida, is recalling Hydrocortisone 2.5%/Econazole 1% 50/50 Using Powder 25%/1% Cream 60 gm tubes. The recall is limited to Lot 45212, which has a discard by date of 9/9/2020. The product is a prescription (Rx) medication.
The recall was initiated due to a lack of processing control. The source text does not specify the exact nature of the processing failure or any reported illnesses or injuries associated with the product.
Consumers who have this specific lot of the cream should stop using it and contact their healthcare provider or the pharmacy for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hydrocortisone 2.5%/Econazole 1% 50/50 Using Powder 25%/1% Cream 60 gm tube, Rx, The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy, Port Charlotte, FL
- Manufacturer
- The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
- Category
- Drug — Topical Prescription
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 1
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- Lot: 45212 Discard by: 9/9/2020
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 54 recalled by The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy under a single FDA (Drugs) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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