US FDA warns about stolen respiratory medications manufactured by Dey

The US Food and Drug Administration advised consumers not to use certain respiratory medications purchased after September 8, 2009 and manufactured by Dey LP, a subsidiary of Mylan Inc, because the medications might have been part of a shipment being transported on a tractor-trailer stolen in Tampa, Florida, on September 8, 2009.

The respiratory medications, Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution, 0.02%, and Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution, 0.083%, unit-dose vials, have not been recovered and may be dangerous to use because the drugs may not have been stored and handled properly.

Dey issued an advisory on September 11, 2009 regarding the theft. Although the FDA is not aware of any reports of adverse events, the agency is advising patients who use these respiratory medications to check to see if products received or purchased after Sept. 8, 2009 are from one of the following lots: