FDA-Drug2026-04-22Class IIPROCESSING DEFECT
Taro Pharmaceuticals fluocinonide 0.05% cream recalled for viscosity defect
OTHERNationwide distribution
Stop using Taro fluocinonide cream
Taro Pharmaceuticals is recalling one lot of fluocinonide 0.05% cream due to a manufacturing defect. Testing found the cream's thickness was thicker than specifications allow, which could affect how the medication works on your skin.
- Check if you have lot #AD76252 with expiration date 6/30/2026
- Stop using the cream and contact your pharmacy or doctor
- Do not flush the medication; ask your pharmacy how to safely dispose of it
Hazard
Failed Viscosity Specifications: Out of Specification results, above the specification limit, in viscosity, noted during stability testing.
Sold states
Nationwide in the USA.
Affected count
24,672 15 g tubes
Manufactured in
2 Independence Way, N/A, Princeton, NJ, United States
Products
Fluocinonide, USP, 0.05% Cream, 15g tube, Rx only, Mfd by: Taro Pharmaceuticals Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6T 1C1, Dist. by: Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., Hawthorne, NY 10532, NDC 51672-1386-1
Official notice
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=D-0475-2026More SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC recalls
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