Pregabalin

Pregabalin recalls: 5 FDA reports

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

5Reports
0Class I
1Ongoing
2024-06-12Most 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 II4
Class III1

By year reported

YearReports
20162
20211
20221
20241
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.

Pregabalin Capsules 50mg, 1000-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc., East Bru

D-0541-2024  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2024-06-12  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Presence of Foreign Tablets/Capsules: Complaint received from a re-packager, American Health Packaging (AHP), where a foreign tablet was discovered in one of the bottles during packaging set up. Tablet identified as pantoprazole tablet 20mg.
Product
Pregabalin Capsules 50mg, 1000-count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured for: Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc., East Brunswick, NJ 08816, Manufactured by: Laurus Labs Limited, Anakapalli-531011, India, NDC 64980-411-10
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
N/A

Pregabalin Capsules, 50 mg, 100 count bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Cr

D-0361-2022  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2022-01-12  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specifications: Out of Specification results for particle Size Distribution and Bulk Density of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient.
Product
Pregabalin Capsules, 50 mg, 100 count bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Cranbury, NJ 08512, Manufactured by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Survey No. 259/15 Dadra-396 191, (U.T. of D & NH), India, NDC 47335-687-88.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
696 Bottles

PREGABALIN CAPSULES 300MG 90 ; NDC 43598-298-90; RX; CAPSULES

D-0469-2021  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2021-06-02  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.
Product
PREGABALIN CAPSULES 300MG 90 ; NDC 43598-298-90; RX; CAPSULES
Where it went
FL, GA, SC
How much
6 CONTAINERS

Lyrica (pregabalin) capsules, 75 mg, 90-count bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Parke-Davis, Division of Pfizer

D-0649-2016  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2016-02-10  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
FAILED TABLET/CAPSULE SPECIFICATIONS: Firm is recalling specific lots of pregabalin capsules due to the potential presence of deformed or damaged capsules.
Product
Lyrica (pregabalin) capsules, 75 mg, 90-count bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Parke-Davis, Division of Pfizer Inc., NY, NY 10017, NDC 0071-1014-68
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
116,400 bottles

Lyrica (pregabalin) capsules, 50 mg, 90-count bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Parke-Davis, Division of Pfizer

D-0648-2016  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2016-02-10  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
FAILED TABLET/CAPSULE SPECIFICATIONS: Firm is recalling specific lots of pregabalin capsules due to the potential presence of deformed or damaged capsules.
Product
Lyrica (pregabalin) capsules, 50 mg, 90-count bottle, Rx only, Distributed by: Parke-Davis, Division of Pfizer Inc., NY, NY 10017, NDC 0071-1013-68
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico
How much
30,672 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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