Allergan recalls birth-control pill packs with out-of-order placebos

Allergan is recalling one lot of birth-control pills — or 170,000 packs — because the first four pills in each 28-pill pack are inactive, placing women at risk of pregnancy.

One lot of Taytulla physician sample packs (marked lot #5620706 Exp. May 2019) contained the out-of-order pills, the company said. It learned about the error from a doctor who reported it.

There are approximately 170,000 units in the one lot of physician samples that Allergan voluntarily recalled, a company spokeswoman said. The sample packs of 28 pills each were distributed to doctors nationwide.

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