EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anesthetic recall
FDA recall D-0068-2025 · initiated Oct 24, 2024
Unexo Life Sciences Private Limited recalled EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anes… in Oct 2024 — an FDA Class II recall (D-0068-2025) because cGMP Deviations.
May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm.
Why it was recalled
cGMP Deviations
The manufacturing process itself
The FDA found the process itself out of compliance, usually before any defective product was identified.
This is a manufacturing or quality failure, not a finding that the medicine is unsafe to take — across every recall we hold, none was issued for that reason. It does not mean the batch was harmless.
Is your product affected? Check the lot number
A recall covers only specific lots. Find the lot number and expiration date on your package and compare them to the affected codes below — if yours is not listed, it was not part of this recall.
Quantity recalled: 1,101,600 patches
Details
- Product
- EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anesthetic, 6 patches per box PATCHES, LIDOCAINE 4%, Distributed by: Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR 72716 NDC 79903-106-06
- Recalling company
- Unexo Life Sciences Private Limited
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Distribution
- Nationwide in the US
- Initiated
- Oct 24, 2024
- FDA report date
- Dec 4, 2024
Frequently asked
- Was EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anes… recalled?
- Unexo Life Sciences Private Limited recalled EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anes… in Oct 2024 — an FDA Class II recall (D-0068-2025) because cGMP Deviations. May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm.
- Why was EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anes… recalled?
- Per the FDA enforcement record, the reason for recall D-0068-2025 was: cGMP Deviations
- Is a recalled EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anes… dangerous to take?
- An FDA recall removes specific lots from the market for a defined reason and does not by itself mean the medicine is unsafe for everyone — your specific lot may never have been affected. May cause temporary or medically reversible harm; low probability of serious harm. Check the FDA notice for the affected lot numbers and expiration dates, and ask your pharmacist or doctor before stopping a prescribed medicine. This reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice.
- Which lots of EQUATE MAXIMUM STRENGTH LIDOCAINE PAIN RELIEVING PATCH Lidocaine 4% Topical Anes… are affected?
- Distributed: Nationwide in the US. The recall covers these lots — UPC 6 81131 07127 7. Check the lot number and expiration date on your package against this list; if yours is not listed, it was not part of recall D-0068-2025.