NDC 54868-5217

Metformin Hydrochloride 500 mg tablet, extended release

On the label: Physicians Total Care, Inc.. It's repackaged: Physicians Total Care, Inc. rebottles it from Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.'s NDC 62756-142.

Where the pills inside were made

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Physicians Total Care, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States · repackages it and relabels it

May 4, 2021 · Class II · Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc
Presence of foreign substance: identified as activated carbon.
Lots: Lots #: JKX2749A, JKX2803A, JKX2804A, JKX2805A, JKX806A, JKX2945A,JKX2946A, JXK2947A, JKX2948A, JKX2952A, JKX2953A, JKX2954A & JKX3224A, Exp 6/2032; JKX3211A, JKX3212A, Exp 7/2023.
Mar 25, 2021 · Class III · Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc
Failed Moisture Limits: Out of specification for water content
Lots: Lot #JKU4639A, Exp 10/2022
Jul 3, 2018 · Class II · Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
Presence of foreign substance: One lot fo Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets, USP, 500 mg (500 Count) contains foreign matter identified as a piece of rubber glove detected in one tablet.
Lots: Lot #: JKT0042A, Exp 1/2021
Jan 28, 2014 · Class II · Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd.
Presence of Foreign Tablet; customer complaint of some tablets of Gabapentin found in a bottle of Metformin HCl ER
Lots: Batch JKM2433A, Mfg Date 04/2013; Exp 03/2016

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Generic drug: Metformin: every company that makes it
Form: tablet, extended release
Strength: 500 mg
Approval: ANDA ANDA077336
On the market since: Feb 9, 2006
Package NDCs: 54868-5217-0 54868-5217-1 54868-5217-2 54868-5217-3 54868-5217-4 54868-5217-5
Official label: DailyMed (National Library of Medicine), updated May 6, 2015

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