The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has suspended the license of Zerin® tablets 500mg due to product defects.
The tablets, which are manufactured by Jayson Pharmaceuticals are used for the relief of fever and pain, and are available as an over-the counter medicine.
A HSA spokesman stressed that while the health risk posed by consuming the tablets is low, the product is being taken off the market due to non-compliance with quality standards.
Said the spokesman: "From HSA’s ongoing post marketing surveillance, four reports of product defects were investigated since August 2011 regarding Zerin® tablets, where some tablets from different batches were found to contain small foreign particles.
"HSA is currently working with Ziwell Medical and Jayson Pharmaceuticals Ltd to ascertain the cause of the product defects in Zerin® tablets. This includes a planned on-site audit of the manufacturer to assess its facilities and processes, including the review of possible root causes for the quality defects, as well as any corrective and preventive actions taken to address the root causes."
As an added precaution, HSA has also suspended the sale of Histacin® (chlorpheniramine) 4mg tablets, an antihistamine by Jayson Pharmaceutical.
Consumers who have stocks of Zerin® tablets are advised to stop consuming the product.
Consumers who require paracetamol are advised to use any of the more than ten alternative brands of paracetamol tablets available in Singapore.
Alternatively, they could also seek the advice of their healthcare providers.
oh no......... im gonna die......................
FireIce,
You buy generics meh? Thought you tai tais always buy the original....from LV bags to paracetamol :)
FireIce is a pig
polyclinic give one leh.
but must say it's relli effective.