The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Drugs)·D-300-2014·Announced 2013-12-11

Main Street Compounding Pharmacy Recalls Testosterone Pellets 125mg

Main Street Family Pharmacy, LLC is recalling Testosterone Pellets 125mg due to reports of adverse reactions involving skin abscesses.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class II, and the source text reports specific adverse reactions (skin abscesses), which aligns with the rubric criteria for Severe (Class II with injury reports).

Plain-English summary

Main Street Family Pharmacy, LLC is recalling Testosterone Pellets 125mg. The recall involves 5 units distributed nationwide to specific states including AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV. The recall covers all codes distributed prior to and including 05/23/2013.

The firm initiated the recall after receiving seven reports of adverse reactions in the form of skin abscesses. These reactions were potentially linked to compounded preservative-free methylprednisolone 80mg/ml 10 ml vials. The source text does not specify if the testosterone pellets themselves were contaminated or if the adverse reactions were directly caused by the testosterone product, noting only the link to the methylprednisolone vials.

Consumers who have purchased or received these products should contact Main Street Family Pharmacy, LLC at 888-658-6200 for further instructions. The pharmacy is located at 126 East Main Street, Newbern, TN 38059.

The recalled product

Product
Testosterone Pellets 125mg, Main Street Compounding Pharmacy, 126 East Main Street, Newbern, TN 38059, 888-658-6200
Affected units
5

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)

  • all codes distributed prior to and including 05/23/2013

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 39 states specifically:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 299 recalled by Main Street Family Pharmacy, LLC 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.

See all 299 products in this recall →