Tizanidine

Tizanidine recalls: 8 FDA reports

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

8Reports
0Class I
2Ongoing
2024-01-17Most 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 II7
Class III1

By year reported

YearReports
20131
20181
20201
20211
20233
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.

Tizanidine Tablets, USP 4mg, 150-count bottle, Rx only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Srikakulam

D-0223-2024  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2024-01-17  ·  Completed

Why it was recalled
Presence of Foreign tablets/capsules - identified as tizanidine 2 mg tablets.
Product
Tizanidine Tablets, USP 4mg, 150-count bottle, Rx only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Srikakulam - 532 409 INDIA, NDC 55111-180-15
Where it went
USA Nationwide
How much
38,952 bottles

Tizanidine Tablets USP, 4 mg, 1000-Count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited Sri

D-0923-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-07-26  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Failed dissolution specification: Out of specification results observed in 24-month long term stability testing.
Product
Tizanidine Tablets USP, 4 mg, 1000-Count bottle, Rx Only, Manufactured by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited Srikakulam - 532 409 India. NDC 55111-180-10
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
17,548 1000-countbottles

Tizanidine Hydrochloride Tablet 4mg, packaged in a) 20 count-bottles (NDC 68788-7781-2), b)30-count bottles (N

D-0894-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-07-12  ·  Ongoing

Why it was recalled
Failed Stability Specifications
Product
Tizanidine Hydrochloride Tablet 4mg, packaged in a) 20 count-bottles (NDC 68788-7781-2), b)30-count bottles (NDC: 68788-7781-3), c) 60-count bottles, (NDC: 68788-7781-6), d) 90-count bottles (NDC: 68788-7781-9), e) 120-count bottles (NDC: 68788-7781-8), Rx only, Mfg: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited.
Where it went
Nationwide within the United States
How much
541 Bottles

Tizanidine Tablets, USP, 4 mg, 100 Tablets (10 tablets x 10 unit dose blister packs) per carton, Rx Only, Pack

D-0892-2023  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2023-07-12  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications: this repackaged product was recalled by the manufacturer, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc., due to out of specification results for dissolution.
Product
Tizanidine Tablets, USP, 4 mg, 100 Tablets (10 tablets x 10 unit dose blister packs) per carton, Rx Only, Packaged and Distributed by: American Health Packaging, Columbus, Ohio 43217, NDC 68084-645-01 (carton), barcode (01) 003 68084 645 11 2.
Where it went
Nationwide in the USA
How much
4,971 cartons

Tizanidine HCl Tablets, USP 4 mg, 150-count bottles, Rx only, Mfd By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories limited, Srikak

D-0750-2021  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2021-08-25  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Tablet/Capsule Specification: Some tablets are shaved
Product
Tizanidine HCl Tablets, USP 4 mg, 150-count bottles, Rx only, Mfd By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories limited, Srikakulam District, 532 409 INDIA, NDC 55111-180-15.
Where it went
Nationwide within the United States
How much
37560 bottles

Tizanidine Tablets, USP 4mg, Rx Only, 150 Tablets per Bottle, Manufactured by Alkem Laboratories Ltd, Mumbai -

D-0173-2021  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2020-12-09  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Failed Dissolution Specifications; Out of Specification (low) results were obtained.
Product
Tizanidine Tablets, USP 4mg, Rx Only, 150 Tablets per Bottle, Manufactured by Alkem Laboratories Ltd, Mumbai - 400 013, INDIA, Distributed by: Ascend Laboratories, LLC Parsippany, NJ 07054, NDC: 67877-614-15.
Where it went
MI
How much
1200 bottles

Tizanidine HCl Tablets, USP 2mg, 150-count bottles, Rx Only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited Srilaku

D-1191-2018  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2018-09-26  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Presence of Foreign Tablets/Capsules: Glimepiride tablet was found in a bottle of Tinzadine Hcl Tablets .
Product
Tizanidine HCl Tablets, USP 2mg, 150-count bottles, Rx Only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited Srilakulam - 532 409 INDIA, NDC 55111-179-15, UPC 35511179153
Where it went
Nationwide within the United States
How much
8376 units

Tizanidine Tablets USP, 4 mg, 150-count tablets per bottle, Rx Only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited

D-238-2013  ·  Class III  ·  reported 2013-04-10  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
Labeling Illegible: There is a possibility that the bottle labels do not contain the strength of the product as well as other printing details.
Product
Tizanidine Tablets USP, 4 mg, 150-count tablets per bottle, Rx Only, Mfd. By: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited, Bachepally - 500 090 India; NDC 55111-180-15.
Where it went
Nationwide and Puerto Rico.
How much
117,546 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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