Indomethacin

Indomethacin recalls: 7 FDA reports

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

7Reports
0Class I
5Ongoing
2025-06-11Most 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 II6
Class III1

By year reported

YearReports
20182
20231
20241
20253
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.

Indomethacin Extended-Release Capsules, USP, 75 mg, 30 capsules (3 x 10 blister cards) per carton, Rx Only, Di

D-0454-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-06-11  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
cGMP deviations
Product
Indomethacin Extended-Release Capsules, USP, 75 mg, 30 capsules (3 x 10 blister cards) per carton, Rx Only, Distributed by: American Health Packaging, Columbus, Ohio 43217, NDC 68084-411-21 (carton), NDC 68084-411-11 (blister card).
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
21 cartons

Indomethacin Extended-Release Capsules USP, 75 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx only, Mfd. By: KVK-Tech, Inc., Newtown

D-0445-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-05-28  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
cGMP deviations
Product
Indomethacin Extended-Release Capsules USP, 75 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx only, Mfd. By: KVK-Tech, Inc., Newtown, PA, 18940, Made in USA, NDC 10702-016-01.
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
9107 bottles

Indomethacin Extended-Release Capsules, 75mg, 60-count bottles, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limi

D-0329-2025  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2025-04-16  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations
Product
Indomethacin Extended-Release Capsules, 75mg, 60-count bottles, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh 454775, India, Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. USA, Mahwah, NJ 07430. NDC# 68462-325-60
Where it went
U.S. Nationwide
How much
N/A

Indomethacin Extended-Release Capsules, USP, 75 mg, packaged in a) 60-count bottle (NDC 68462-325-60) and b)

D-0643-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-09-04  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications: below specification results
Product
Indomethacin Extended-Release Capsules, USP, 75 mg, packaged in a) 60-count bottle (NDC 68462-325-60) and b) 90-count bottle (NDC 68462-325-90), Rx Only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Plot No. 2 Phase-2, Pharma Zone, SEZ, Pithampur, Dist-Dhar, Madya Pradesh - 454775, India Mfg Llc. No: 25/9/2010, Manufactured for Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, Mahwah, NJ 07430.
Where it went
Nationwide USA
How much
2404 bottles

Indomethacin 25mg Capsules, USP, 100-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Col

D-0123-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-12-06  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Labeling: Label Mix-Up-Indomethacin bottles may be labeled as Naproxen
Product
Indomethacin 25mg Capsules, USP, 100-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Colvale-Bardez, Goa 403513, India, Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Mahwah, NJ 07430, NDC 68462-406-01
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
37,200 bottles

Indomethacin Capsules, USP, 50 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,

D-1019-2018  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2018-08-08  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: customer complaints of deformed, clumped, misshaped, melted or stuck together capsules.
Product
Indomethacin Capsules, USP, 50 mg, 100-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for: Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Piscataway, NJ 08854; By: Hetero, Hetero Labs Limited, Jeedimetla, Hyderabad - 500 055, India; NDC 31722-543-01.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
18,288 bottles

Indomethacin Capsules USP, 50 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., C

D-0606-2018  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2018-04-04  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Labeling: Incorrect Instructions: bottles incorrectly labeled with the usual adult dosage of "One or two capsules 2 or 3 times a day." rather than the correct usual adult dosage of "One capsule 2 or 3 times a day.
Product
Indomethacin Capsules USP, 50 mg, 100-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Colvale-Bardez, Goa 403513, India; Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, Mahwah, NJ 07430, NDC 68462-302-01.
Where it went
Nationwide in the United States.
How much
109,080 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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