Waltham, Mass.-based Village Fertility Pharmacy has issued a voluntary recall of several compounded products, after a foreign substance was detected in a small percentage of two lots of the fertility drug progesterone. The pharmacy said it contacted the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy immediately after discovering the particulate matter.
The recall includes six different products shipped over the past three months. They include five progesterone products and one other medication, Leuprolide. More testing is being conducted and results will be released in the coming days.
“We are working cooperatively with all government agencies and are awaiting the results of the investigation,” Village Fertility Pharmacy president Stuart Levine said in a statement. “While no patients have reported any adverse effects, we believe the prudent course is to recall all of these medications.”
The recall includes the following products:
* Progesterone Injection Cottonseed Oil 50 MG/ML
* Progesterone Injection Olive Oil 50 MG/ML, 100 MG/ML
* Progesterone Injection Sesame Oil 50 MG/ML, 100 MG/ML
* Progesterone Injection Ethyl Oleate 50 MG/ML, 100 MG/ML
* Hydroxy Progesterone Caproate 250 MG/ML
* Compounded Leuprolide Acetate 1MG/.2ML
Progesterone is a hormone that supports pregnancy and it is compounded in different solutions to accommodate patients’ various needs. Leuprolide suppresses natural ovulation.
Village Fertility Pharmacy said that only 5 percent of its overall business comes from compounded products.
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