Atorvastatin recall may affect hundreds of thousands of patients – and reflects FDA’s troubles inspecting medicines manufactured overseas

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

More than 140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication recalled: See the list

The FDA has issued a recall for Atorvastatin Calcium Tablets, a generic version of Lipitor. The drug was manufactured by Alkem Laboratories, Ltd. India and distributed nationwide by Ascend ...
Yahoo Finance

Drug used by nearly half of seniors under massive recall

It’s easy to put a bottle of prescription pills in the medicine cabinet and forget about what's on the label — until something like a recall jolts you into paying attention. Yet medication and medical ...
AOL

Over 140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication recalled. See affected products.

Over 140,000 bottles of a prescription statin have been recalled due to "failed dissolution specifications," according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enforcement report. Ascend ...
AOL

Over 140,000 Bottles of Cholesterol Medication Atorvastatin Calcium Recalled

Neither the FDA nor the manufacturer has released specific guidance on the recalled medications. If a recall involves prescription medication, WebMD advises patients to call their doctor or pharmacist ...
KTBS

140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication recalled because it may not dissolve properly

WASHINGTON — Ascend Laboratories of New Jersey and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have recalled at least 140,000 bottles of a generic cholesterol medication because the tablets may not properly ...
Houston Chronicle

140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication recalled. Here's what you need to know.

New Jersey-based Ascend Laboratories has voluntarily recalled 141,984 bottles of atorvastatin calcium, a cholesterol-lowering drug because some of the tablets may not dissolve properly, according to ...
Cleveland.com

Recalled generic Lipitor poses low chance of harm, but don't take the drug, FDA says

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that the chance of harm is low for anyone taking generic Lipitor recalled by an Indian company on Nov. 9 because of potential ...