Amlodipine Besylate

Amlodipine Besylate recalls: 6 FDA reports

Recalls involving Amlodipine Besylate. What was wrong with each batch, and how the FDA graded the risk.

6Reports
0Class I
0Ongoing
2023-07-19Most recent

What the classes mean

The FDA sorts every recall into one of three classes. The class is the whole story. It is also the part people skip.

ClassWhat the FDA is saying
Class IThere is a reasonable probability that using this will cause serious harm or death.
Class IIIt may cause temporary or reversible harm. Serious harm is unlikely.
Class IIIIt breaks a rule but is unlikely to hurt anyone. Often a labelling fault.

Class II is the bulk of every list here. That matters. A long list of Class II says something different from one Class I.

By class

ClassReports
Class III6

By year reported

YearReports
20141
20162
20171
20181
20231
Checking whether it affects you

The lot or code number is what matters. Not the product name. A recall covers specific lots. Yours may not be one of them.

Check the code on your package against the report. The FDA keeps the current list at fda.gov/safety/recalls.

The reports

The text below is quoted from the FDA record word for word.

Amlodipine Besylate Tablets, USP 10 mg, 1000-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals,

D-0899-2023  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2023-07-19  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Subpotent Drug: Out-of-Specification test results observed in assay test at 21-month long term stability study.
Product
Amlodipine Besylate Tablets, USP 10 mg, 1000-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 21202 U.S, Manufactured by: Lupin Limited, Aurangabad 431 210 India, NDC 68180-721-03
Where it went
Product was distributed directly to three distributors in TN and NJ. Product may have been further distributed throughout the United States.
How much
3,096 bottles

Amlodipine Besylate USP 10 mg Tablets, 1000-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Cipla Ltd., Verna Goa, In

D-0012-2019  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2018-10-17  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Subpotent Drug: One lot of product does not meet the product specification for Assay test at 3 month long term stability condition.
Product
Amlodipine Besylate USP 10 mg Tablets, 1000-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Cipla Ltd., Verna Goa, India, Manufactured for: Cipla USA, Inc. 1560 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Suite 130, Sunrise FL 33323 UPC 369097128159, NDC 69097-128-15
Where it went
Nationwide with the United States
How much
2880 bottles

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE TABLET, USP, 10 mg, 1000 count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Alkem Laboratories Ltd.,

D-1134-2017  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2017-09-20  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
PRESENCE OF FOREIGN TABLETS/CAPSULES: A 2.5 mg Amlodipine Besylate tablet was found co-mingled with 10 mg Amlodipine Besylate tablets in a bottle labeled as Amlodipine Besylate 10 mg.
Product
AMLODIPINE BESYLATE TABLET, USP, 10 mg, 1000 count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Alkem Laboratories Ltd., Mumbai - 400 013, India, Distributed by: Ascend Laboratories, LLC Montvale, NJ 07645, NDC 67877-199-10
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA.
How much
1212 bottles

Amlodipine Besylate Tablets USP, 2.5mg, 90-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, In

D-1492-2016  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2016-09-14  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: finished products manufactured using active pharmaceutical ingredients whose intermediates failed specifications.
Product
Amlodipine Besylate Tablets USP, 2.5mg, 90-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Manufactured by: Lupin Limited Goa 403 722 INDIA, NDC 68180-750-09
Where it went
US No recalled product was distributed to any foreign consignees by Lupin.
How much
43,536 bottles

Amlodipine Besylate Tablets USP, 10mg, 1000-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, I

D-1493-2016  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2016-09-14  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: finished products manufactured using active pharmaceutical ingredients whose intermediates failed specifications.
Product
Amlodipine Besylate Tablets USP, 10mg, 1000-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Manufactured by: Lupin Limited Goa 403 722 INDIA, NDC 68180-752-03
Where it went
US No recalled product was distributed to any foreign consignees by Lupin.
How much
11,812 bottles

Amlodipine Besylate Tablets, USP 10 mg, Rx Only, 90 Tablets per bottle, Manufactured by: Cadila Healthcare Ltd

D-0257-2015  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2014-12-03  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Discoloration: Brown spots were noted embedded in Amlodipine Besylate Tablets, 10 mg, Lot # MP4344.
Product
Amlodipine Besylate Tablets, USP 10 mg, Rx Only, 90 Tablets per bottle, Manufactured by: Cadila Healthcare Ltd. Ahmedabad, India, Distributed by: Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Pennington, NJ 08534, NDC 68382-123-16
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
15,144 bottles
Read these counts with three things in mind

A firm with more recalls usually makes more products. A contract packer runs hundreds of lines. It will out-recall a company with one product whatever either does. This is not a safety ranking.

Most recalls here are voluntary. A firm found its own fault and pulled the stock. That is the system working. It lands in this database looking the same as a recall the FDA had to push for.

Terminated means the FDA considers the recall finished. It is not a verdict. It does not mean anyone was harmed.

Source: openFDA enforcement reports, retrieved 2026-08-05. FDA dataset last updated 2026-07-29.

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