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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Ella Pickover

Common antidepressant recalled after patient finds wrong medication in pack

More than 80,000 packs of a commonly used antidepressant have been recalled across the UK after a patient discovered the wrong medicine inside their sealed packaging.

The patient, who had been prescribed Sertraline 100mg film-coated tablets, found a strip of Citalopram 40mg film-coated tablets – another antidepressant – within the carton.

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