ESTRADIOL 25MG PELLETS 1 PELLET, 15 PEL, 15 PELLET, 2 PELLET, 2 TAB, 3 PELLET, 4 PELLET, 6 PELL, 6 PELLET
Medicine recall D-1515-2012. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 22, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 22, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 72 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Lack of Assurance of Sterility: Franck’s Lab Inc. initiated a recall of all Sterile Human Drugs distributed between 11/21/2011 and 05/21/2012 because FDA environmental sampling revealed the presence of microorganisms and fungal growth in the clean room where sterile products were prepared.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
ESTRADIOL 25MG PELLETS 1 PELLET, 15 PEL, 15 PELLET, 2 PELLET, 2 TAB, 3 PELLET, 4 PELLET, 6 PELL, 6 PELLET; ESTRADIOL 50MG PELLETS 1 PELELT, 1 PELLET, 4 PELLET, 6 PELLET; ESTRADIOL CYPIONATE 5MG/ML INJECTABLE 5 ML; ESTRADIOL VALERATE IN COTTONSEED OIL 40 MG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML; ESTRADIOL VALERATE IN SESAME OIL 40 MG/ML INJECTABLE 10 ML (16 DIFFERENT PRODUCTS)
72 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Rx #’s: 0389464 0398833 0399748 0402917 0402926 0405892 0404079 0404086 0392875 0398067 0403137 0403795 0404506 0408694 0404895 0387492 0389813 0390461 0391264 0391818 0391961 0392952 0393766 0395543 0396232 0396925 0397181 0397313 0397959…
Every code shown here, 567 characters
Rx #’s: 0389464 0398833 0399748 0402917 0402926 0405892 0404079 0404086 0392875 0398067 0403137 0403795 0404506 0408694 0404895 0387492 0389813 0390461 0391264 0391818 0391961 0392952 0393766 0395543 0396232 0396925 0397181 0397313 0397959 0399219 0400227 0400749 0400845 0401497 0401998 0402465 0402997 0403162 0405298 0405330 0405341 0406903 0407419 0408021 0409309 0409791 0402406 0402414 0389982 0389976 0407175 0386101 0391782 0394584 0399576 0403154 0403358 0404795 0406532 0409701 0410127 0400234 0389894 0369509 0407537 0387936 0388504 0401671 0391774 0395019
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Nationwide, Bahamas, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Poland, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, and West Indies
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on May 25, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Aug 10, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 22, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 13, 2014.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Franck’s Lab Inc., d.b.a. Franck’s Compounding Lab, of Ocala, FL.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Drug recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Drug recall enforcement reports.
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