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Nationwide medication recall: Powerful painkiller found in wrong packaging

<p>A nationwide quarantine has been issued for 5mg Aspen Pharma Endone after a sleeve of Anamorph was found inside one of its packets.</p> <p>The sleeve of 30mg Anamorph, which is four times stronger than Endone, was found on July 26 in South Australia.</p> <p>The Department of Health’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) spoke to <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a190729xsmbu/powerful-painkiller-found-in-wrong-packaging-20190729" target="_blank">10daily</a></em> that a quarantine notice was issued to all State and Territory health departments for a recall.</p> <p>"The quarantine action suspends further supply and distribution pending further investigation," a spokesperson for the Department of Health said.</p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7829063/drug-recall-body.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/3e7e10711dcd434bbe9b4fc4e82d9486" /></p> <p>The quarantine notice is a “precautionary” measure and said that the TGA said it was not aware that the drug Anamorph had been consumed by anyone.</p> <p>A new investigation has been launched into the incident by the drug manufacturer Aspen Pharma. </p>

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