"Oasis" Chloramphenicol Eye Ointment.

(Photo by reporter Wu Liangyi)

[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] The Food and Drug Administration announced a drug recall warning today. Two batches of "Oasis" chloramphenicol eye ointment, a total of 48,000 tubes, failed to meet the standard content of the main ingredient and must be recalled in full. However, the Food and Drug Administration last year It was not until now that there was a problem with the drug after random testing in June, and all the ointments with the problem have already been sold out.

Fu Shuqing, chief of the quality supervision and management team of the Food and Drug Administration, said that the market share of this drug with the same dose and the same ingredients is as high as 68%, and the annual consumption is about 31,000 doses.

This time, 48,000 sticks will be recycled at one go, which is equivalent to more than one year's consumption. The batch numbers to be recycled are 200205 and 210301.

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The main ingredient of "Oasis" chloramphenicol eye ointment is "CHLORAMPHENICOL".

Fu Shuqing said that the Food and Drug Administration conducted random inspections in June last year, and found that two batches of products had too high and one too low main ingredients, which did not comply with the Food and Drug Administration's regulations that the main ingredients must be between 90% and 130%. , so it needs to be removed from the shelf for recycling.

As for why the announcement was delayed for half a year, Fu Shuqing said that it was only delayed for half a year because of the need to be careful to test one more time, and the 48,000 medicines with problems in the past six months have all been sold out.

Fu Shuqing said that there are still many other alternative drugs for this drug, and the public does not need to worry. If you have any doubts about the drug, you should return to the doctor as soon as possible to discuss with the doctor and prescribe other appropriate drugs.

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