Oxycodone Hydrochloride

Oxycodone Hydrochloride recalls: 8 FDA reports

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

8Reports
0Class I
2Ongoing
2026-02-18Most 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 III5
Class II3

By year reported

YearReports
20161
20181
20212
20222
20231
20261
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.

Oxycodone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP (CII), 5 mg, 100-Count (10 x 10) blister cards per carton, Rx Only, The

D-0338-2026  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2026-02-18  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Defective container: card seal defects (weak/non-existent seals), leading to the tablets falling out of their cavities.
Product
Oxycodone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP (CII), 5 mg, 100-Count (10 x 10) blister cards per carton, Rx Only, The drug product contained in this package is from NDC # 10702-018, KVK-Tech Inc. Distributed by: American Health Packaging, Columbus, Ohio 43217, Carton NDC 68084-354-01; Blister NDC 68084-354-11
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
31,676 packages

Oxaydo (oxycodone HCl, USP) tablets, 7.5 mg, 100 Tablets per bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Zyla Life Scienc

D-0094-2024  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2023-11-15  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Sub-potent Drug: Lower potency than labeled.
Product
Oxaydo (oxycodone HCl, USP) tablets, 7.5 mg, 100 Tablets per bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Zyla Life Sciences US Inc., Wayne, PA 19087. NDC: 69344-213-11
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
3,792 bottles

Oxycodone Hydrochloride Oral Solution, USP (C-II), 5 mg/5 mL, Delivers 5 mL per Cup, 1 Tray of 10 Cups, Rx Onl

D-0652-2022  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2022-03-16  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Impurity failure at 0-time of the repackaged lot.
Product
Oxycodone Hydrochloride Oral Solution, USP (C-II), 5 mg/5 mL, Delivers 5 mL per Cup, 1 Tray of 10 Cups, Rx Only, For Institutional Use Only, American Health Packaging, Columbus, OH 43217. UPC (01) 003 60687 406 40 4; Case NDC#: 60687-406-77, Unit Dose NDC#: 60687-406-40
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
89,880 unit-dose cups

Oxycodone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP C-II, 5 mg, 100 count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceu

D-0358-2022  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2022-01-12  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Out-of-specification impurity test result observed at 18-month long term stability time point.
Product
Oxycodone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP C-II, 5 mg, 100 count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Baltimore, MD 21202. Manufactured by: Novel Laboratories, Inc. Somerset, NJ 08873. NDC 43386-432-01
Where it went
Product Distributed in NY and OH.
How much
23,965 100 count bottles

Oxycodone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 10 mg, 100 count bottle, Rx only, Marketed by: Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L

D-0794-2021  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2021-09-22  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Presence of Foreign Tablets/Capsules; A single foreign tablet Hydrochlorothiazide/Lisinopril 25/20 was found in one bottle
Product
Oxycodone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP, 10 mg, 100 count bottle, Rx only, Marketed by: Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.P., Coventry RI 02816, Manufactured by: Purdue Pharma L.P., Stanford, CT 06901 NDC 42858-002-01
Where it went
Product was distributed nationwide.
How much
55,344/100 count bottles

Oxycodone Hydrochloride Oral Solution, USP 5 mg/5mL unit dose cups, Rx Only, Genus Lifesciences Inc. NDC 64950

D-0231-2021  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2021-01-20  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Presence of Foreign Substance: Particulate matter was found in multiple lots of product.
Product
Oxycodone Hydrochloride Oral Solution, USP 5 mg/5mL unit dose cups, Rx Only, Genus Lifesciences Inc. NDC 64950-354-05 Case NDC: 64950-354-450(40 unit dose cups) Case NDC 64950-354-55 (50 unit dose cups)
Where it went
Distributed Nationwide in the USA
How much
1,171,550 cups

Oxycodone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP 15 mg, 100 count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for Camber Pharmaceutical

D-0248-2018  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2018-02-07  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Labeling; Label Error Not Elsewhere Classified; label missing controlled substance CII symbol
Product
Oxycodone Hydrochloride Tablets, USP 15 mg, 100 count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured for Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, Manufactured by: Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Central Islip, NY --- NDC 31722-917-01
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
45,875 bottles

Oxycodone HCl, Oral Solution USP, 5 mg/5 mL, 15 mL bottles, Rx only, Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane, Inc., Columb

D-1441-2016  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2016-07-20  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specification; 9 month stability
Product
Oxycodone HCl, Oral Solution USP, 5 mg/5 mL, 15 mL bottles, Rx only, Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane, Inc., Columbus, OH --- NDC 0054-0390-41
Where it went
Nationwide
How much
1,182 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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