On Your Side Recall Alert: Generic cholesterol medicine recalled

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Check the medicine cabinet for recalled cholesterol medicine.

The New Jersey-based Ascend Laboratories recalled 140,000 tablets of Atorvastatin Calcium. Pharmacies sold the statin drug as a generic form of Lipitor. The company recalled the drug because it did not dissolve properly.

The recall covers tables with expiration dates as far out as February 2027. Here’s a link to the entire lot numbers recalled: www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/?Event=97639…

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