Sandoz Recalls Aprepitant Capsules and Lidocaine and Prilocaine Cream Prescription Drugs Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning
Home product recall 23-146. Announced by CPSC on Mar 9, 2023.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 9, 2023. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- New Instructions or Repair what’s offered
- About 156,750 units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The recalled prescription drugs and products that contain lidocaine must be in child resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The packaging of the products is not child resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately secure the medications out of the sight and reach of children and contact Sandoz for a free child resistant pouch to store the products. Once the medication is secured, consumers can continue to use the medication as directed.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: new instructions or repair.
- How to reach the firm: Sandoz toll-free at 866-300-2207 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at Sandoz6768@sedgwick.com or online at https://www.us.sandoz.com/patients-customers/product-safety-notices or www.us.sandoz.com and click on “Product Safety Notices” below the carousel for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves prescription drugs Aprepitant 125 mg capsules sold in cartons containing one blister card of 6 capsules and 5 gram tubes of Lidocaine and Prilocaine cream sold in cartons containing 5 tubes and packed with or without 12 dressings. The Aprepitant capsules are in a non-child resistant blister card packaged in a carton that has the name “Sandoz,” the name of the medication, dosage, NDC number, lot number, and expiration date on the carton and on the blister cards. The warnings “This unit-dose packaging is not child-resistant” and “For institutional use only” are listed on the carton. The Lidocaine and Prilocaine cream is packaged in a 5 gram tube with a continuous thread white closure. The name “fougera®,” the name of the medication, dosage and NDC number are printed on the carton and tube and the expiration date and lot number are printed on the carton and stamped on the crimp of the tube. The warning “FOR HOSPITAL USE ONLY” is printed on the carton and the tube. Product Description NDC Number Lot Number Expiration Date Aprepitant Capsules 125 mg 0781-2323-68 Carton of 1 Blister Pack of 6 capsules 0781-2323-06 Blister Pack LK3209 LC6454 04/2024 12/2023 Lidocaine and Prilocaine 2.5%/2.5% Cream 5 gram Tubes 0168-0357-56 Carton of 5 tubes and 12 dressings 0168-0357-55 Carton of 5 tubes 0168-0357-05 Tube LA2782 LA2784 LV0667 LX5350 MA1640 MB3205 LA2785 LR9041 MB3209 03/2023 03/2023 02/2024 03/2024 03/2024 04/2024 03/2023 11/2023 04/2024
About 156,750 units, as CPSC gives them.
Aprepitant capsules and Lidocaine and Prilocaine cream.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 5 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
- Recalled Aprepitant Capsules 125 mg – NDC 0781-2323-68 – Carton
- Recalled Aprepitant Capsules 125 mg – NDC 0781-2323-06 – Bliste
- Recalled Lidocaine and Prilocaine Cream - 5 gram tube - NDC 0168-0357-05
- Recalled Lidocaine and Prilocaine Cream - Carton of 5 – 5 gram tubes - NDC 0168-0357-55
- Recalled Lidocaine and Prilocaine Cream - Carton of 5 – 5 gram tubes with 12 dressings - NDC 0168-0357-56
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Sandoz Inc., Princeton, New Jersey (Lidocaine and Prilocaine cream).
- Imported by Sandoz Inc., Princeton, New Jersey (Aprepitant Capsules).
- Pharmacies nationwide as a prescribed medicine from October 2020 through January 2023. The prices of the medications varied based on health insurance terms and other factors.
- Made in Slovenia (Aprepitant Capsules) and United States (Lidocaine and Prilocaine cream), as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
None reported
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.