Zonisamide

Zonisamide recalls: 5 FDA reports

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

5Reports
0Class I
0Ongoing
2022-05-04Most 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 II5

By year reported

YearReports
20212
20223
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.

Zonisamide Capsules, USP, 50 mg, packaged in 100-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuti

D-0792-2022  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2022-05-04  ·  Completed

Why it was recalled
cGMP deviations
Product
Zonisamide Capsules, USP, 50 mg, packaged in 100-count bottles, Rx only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA Monroe, NC 28110, Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Mahwah, NJ 07430, NDC 68462-129-01
Where it went
USA nationwide
How much
12,003 bottles

Zonisamide Capsules USP, 25 mg, packaged in 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceutic

D-0791-2022  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2022-05-04  ·  Completed

Why it was recalled
cGMP deviations
Product
Zonisamide Capsules USP, 25 mg, packaged in 100-count bottles, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA Monroe, NC 28110, Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Mahwah, NJ 07430, NDC 68462-128-01
Where it went
USA nationwide
How much
11,136 bottles

Zonisamide Capsules, USP, 100 mg, packaged in: a) 100-count bottle (NDC 68462-130-01); b) 500-count bottle (ND

D-0793-2022  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2022-05-04  ·  Completed

Why it was recalled
cGMP deviations
Product
Zonisamide Capsules, USP, 100 mg, packaged in: a) 100-count bottle (NDC 68462-130-01); b) 500-count bottle (NDC 68462-130-05), Rx only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA Monroe, NC 28110, Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Mahwah, NJ 07430
Where it went
USA nationwide
How much
a) 7,044 bottles; b) 1,014 bottles

Zonisamide Capsules USP 50 mg 100 Capsules Rx Only NDC 68462-129-01 Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

D-0825-2021  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2021-09-29  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations
Product
Zonisamide Capsules USP 50 mg 100 Capsules Rx Only NDC 68462-129-01 Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Monroe, NC 28110 Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Mahwah, NJ 07430
Where it went
Nationwide.
How much
15936 bottles

Zonisamide Capsules USP 100 mg Rx Only Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Monroe, NC 28110 Ma

D-0826-2021  ·  Class II  ·  reported 2021-09-29  ·  Terminated

Why it was recalled
CGMP Deviations
Product
Zonisamide Capsules USP 100 mg Rx Only Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Monroe, NC 28110 Manufactured for: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA Mahwah, NJ 07430 a) 100 Capsules NDC 68462-130-01; b) 500 Capsules NDC 68462-130-05
Where it went
Nationwide.
How much
a) 216,454 bottles; b) 2166 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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