Overview
- Customers are asked to check the outer carton for batch code GR164099 and return affected packs to a Tesco Pharmacy for a refund.
- MHRA guidance instructs pharmacies to stop supply immediately, quarantine and return stock, and contact patients where dispensing records allow.
- Crescent Pharma reports one complaint so far and says the error appears to have occurred during secondary packaging at a shared manufacturing site.
- Tesco notes both medicines treat high blood pressure but warns unexpected Amlodipine may lower blood pressure and cause dizziness, with overall risk described as very low.
- Affected packs are 28-count Ramipril 5mg Capsules, batch GR164099, expiry October 2026, first distributed on June 6, 2025, and adverse effects should be reported via the MHRA Yellow Card scheme.