Infarmed suspends batch of Nolotil; there was glass and dust

Analgesic medicine is used in severe acute pain, including spasmodic pain and tumor pain, and in high fever.

O Infarmed suspended the marketing of a batch of analgesic medication Nolotil in injectable solution because they were found glass fragments from ampoules and powder in secondary packaging.

According to information released by the National Authority for Medicines and Health Products, the company Boehringer Ingelheim Portugal will voluntarily collect batch no. R1335 of the medication Nolotil (Metamizole magnesium) 2000mg/5ml, injectable solution.

Infarmed also says that entities that have this batch of medicine in stock they cannot sell, dispense or manage it, and must return it.

They also advise patients who are using the medicine in question to We will contact yours doctor so that it can analyze the need to replace it with an alternative medicine.

Nolotil is an analgesic medicine used in severe acute pain, including spasmodic pain and tumor pain, and in high fever that does not respond to other antipyretic therapies.