Counterfeit Zyprexia (Olanzapine) Alert

[wendy]

A drug alert went out on 24th May concerning 3 batches of the neuroleptic (antipsychotic) drug Zyprexia (Olanzapine), made by Eli Lilly. If you have a supply with the batch numbers A200127, A200127 or A216454, or a suffix or prefix with these numbers, take them to your pharmacist and contact your GP or mental health team. No adverse side effects have been reported. For more details visit
www.rethink.org
www.mind.org.uk

[Trev Williams]

thanks for that wendy.. I actually recieved a repeat perscription of olanzapine yesterday but thankfully a different batch. the batch number (on mine shown as lot:) is on the end of the packet. trev