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In case any of my flist who could be affected haven't seen this yet -- all packs of Nurofen Plus in the UK [update: and the Republic of Ireland] are now subject to recall because several packs have had the contents switched for the psychiatric drug Seroquel. There is a new report as of last night that one pack has been switched for the epilepsy drug Neurontin.
An accidental dose of Seroquel isn't likely to do anything to a healthy adult other than make them incredibly sleepy, but given how many of my flist take medications[*] which could have a dangerous interaction with a surprise 50mg dose (including people already on Seroquel), I'd advise checking the MHRA batch recall alert and full recall alert and/or the BBC update about further sabotaged packs being found. All pack sizes and batches are now suspect.
[*Patient leaflet explicitly mentions other psychiatric drugs, and drugs for epilepsy, infection control, high blood pressure, TB. The BBC report also refers to the sedative effect interacting with anti-histamines and other sedatives.]
An accidental dose of Seroquel isn't likely to do anything to a healthy adult other than make them incredibly sleepy, but given how many of my flist take medications[*] which could have a dangerous interaction with a surprise 50mg dose (including people already on Seroquel), I'd advise checking the MHRA batch recall alert and full recall alert and/or the BBC update about further sabotaged packs being found. All pack sizes and batches are now suspect.
[*Patient leaflet explicitly mentions other psychiatric drugs, and drugs for epilepsy, infection control, high blood pressure, TB. The BBC report also refers to the sedative effect interacting with anti-histamines and other sedatives.]