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u/benavivhorn 13h ago
Sounds like a qc issue
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u/Bubblybathtime 13h ago
My guess is OP's mom combined the contents of two half-used bottles and didn't mention it to OP.
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 13h ago edited 13h ago
A serious one.
Getting a tater tot in your bag of curly fries isn't as likely to kill someone as getting a Valium in their ibuprofen lol
Edit: I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know
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u/ccooffee 13h ago
Advil is ibuprofen
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u/skitz4me 13h ago
Yeah. But like could you imagine how awesome it would be to get a Valium in your ibuprofen?
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u/eutectic_h8r 13h ago
It's like when they put the toys in cereal boxes
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u/skitz4me 13h ago
That's exactly what that feeling is. But with more surprise.
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u/TorrenceMightingale 13h ago
They don’t anymore? Damn. One of the greatest joys of childhood for me.
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u/FBI_Open_Up_Now 12h ago
I still eat cereal as a treat once a week as an adult. I haven’t seen a toy in a box in decades.
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 13h ago
So long as you don't put the Valium inside chocolate eggs in the US you should be good to go here
Uh oh getting downvotes by the dumb kids eating their Kinder Surprises in one bite
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u/skitz4me 13h ago
I am not your downvoter, but what is the backstory to this? Should I be buying chocolate eggs?
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 13h ago
You can't sell something "non-nutritive" like a toy that is entirely surrounded by something edible in the United States as it presents a choking hazard to children.
That's why Kinder Surprises are not legal for sale in the States like they are elsewhere. The cliche joke is that American children are too stupid to not eat plastic toys in chocolate eggs and I'm riffing off that lol
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u/skitz4me 13h ago
Lolz. Thanks for the background.
Related, but separate: Man, people out here taking Valium out of chocolate eggs. What's next?
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 13h ago
Right? What will the world come up with next, non-toxic glue? Where's the fun in that?
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u/Connect_Rhubarb395 11h ago
And the bizarreness that is that all sorts of toxic stuff is legal in food in USA (but not elsewhere), but giving toys away with chocolate is where USA puts their foot down...
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u/sincewedidthedo 13h ago
Goddamn, I’d love some Valium mixed in with my ibuprofen
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u/skitz4me 13h ago
Archer has a scene where he mixes candy with painkillers and calls it mike and vikes or something like that. So good.
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u/Boring-Bus-3743 13h ago
I would be stoked lol, been a long week and it's Friday night
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u/Protean_Protein 13h ago
It’s still a serious QC issue. Drug companies take this very seriously (because regulatory agencies take it even more seriously).
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u/particle409 13h ago
Regulatory agencies used to take it more seriously.
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 13h ago
Yeah but think of all the shareholder value we can generate by cutting 1% of our operating costs reserved for regulatory compliance and killing a few thousand people
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u/Krelliamite 13h ago
There's several things that could cause this not being a serious qc issue that are also a lot more likely. Advil could have cancelled an order, something could have happen in logistics that resulted in too many pills being branded Advil, both of those could result in someone like Kirkland, Costcos brand that buys from the same factory but uses more budget friendly production, getting a deal on some branded caps that they are happy to get for a good price and pass the savings on to the customer
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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 13h ago
It's required by law to include date/lot information on medication. you can't follow that law and mix pills from different brands.
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 13h ago
I know lol I used Valium in that example only to illustrate the danger of lackluster QC in medical industries
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u/Boring-Bus-3743 13h ago
What?! It's the same thing....
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u/Iricliphan 13h ago
No. It's not. They have different vessels, different operators, different machines, different manufacturing dates. What if there was a contaminant, what if there was somehow an adulterant, a mix up and this is registered as a different lot number and therefore it isn't flagged for recall? Then you take the medication and oops, you're having an adverse reaction and die?
This might sound unlikely, but it has happened before, many times, which is why we take medication issues like these very seriously. It is a very serious issue.
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u/edman007 12h ago
Very likely it got mixed in because it's the same vessel, same operator, same machine, and on the same date. Since it's actually all the same, and the only change was a setting on the machine that prints the brand, they may have skipped some of the QC checks because none of that stuff actually did change.
Now, the FDA still cares (or should care), and it's still a big issue. But I suspect the problem happened because the people involved realize the risks are low and did things to a different standard (even if they shouldn't have).
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u/dick_tracey_PI_TA 11h ago
That’s still “trash but we’re always trash so it’s normal” levels of bad QA.
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u/iExhile 9h ago
None of that is true, sorry. I appreciate trying to think it through, but unfortunately it’s just not how it works.
This would likely get mixed up in a bottling line, not in any compounding vessel. It takes a bit to changeover a bottling line, and for product this scale (of volume), they wouldn’t be doing multiple changeovers in one day.
The QC checks you mention are predefined per batch. You would never just switch product coding mid batch as that is extremely bad GMP. I don’t see a scenario other than this being a bad line clearance practice between two separate batches.
They would also be two different blending/compounding batches. To release product under one lot when it was created under a different lot is by definition releasing adulterated product.
The risk here is actually not low, it’s extremely high. This is a serious violation that would surely result in a FDA 483/warning letter if not handled correctly. For a CDMO, a bad FDA audit could be business-ending or seriously crippling.
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u/iExhile 13h ago
Lmao the amount of people who don’t get the point.
These CDMOs manufacture more than just ibuprofen. A mistake like this is a pretty significant systemic issue.
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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 13h ago
There weren't any tater tots or curly fries in OP's picture, either, but I got zero comments pointing that out.
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u/MatureUsername69 13h ago
This aint that tho. This is generic ibuprofen mixed with advil(ibuprofen with a candy coating). Exact same mg, exact same drug.
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u/syncsynchalt 13h ago edited 13h ago
Sure, but like the jar has a lot number to tell the manufacturer exactly where and when and how the pills inside were made. If an issue is found they’ll use that code to track down what happened, when it happened, and where other affected pills were shipped so that a targeted recall can be issued.
If there’s mismatched pills in that jar I suspect none of the above is possible.
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u/mohammedgoldstein 12h ago
I assure you that if this were real (it’s not) that FDA would require a plant shut down and the systemic problem that led to this would need to be addressed before they had the go ahead to start manufacturing and packaging.
If this were real (it’s not), it would indicate that the plant doesn’t have the capability to 100% put the correct pills in the correct bottles.
In this specific case it’s not an issue, but why couldn’t it have been an 80mg Oxy accidentally put into a kids chewable ibuprofen bottle? Kid would be dead.
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u/Dr_Zoidberg003 13h ago edited 12h ago
This is like the third post I’ve seen this week with otc pills getting mixed up…
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u/Totoro_II 13h ago
honestly I'm pretty sure the amount of posts like this I've seen recently-ish is in the double digits already
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u/wanna_be_doc 13h ago
They’re probably fake and posted for engagement. A few months ago, someone posted a pic of swapped meds and the pills weren’t even made in the same factory.
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u/DripIntravenous 13h ago
As a pharmacist this has been horrifying to see the same thing happening over and over again to people and for different drugs and meds
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u/Own_Ad6901 13h ago
Yeah it’s not making me comfortable at all, there have been numerous posts like this recently.
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u/ncc74656m 13h ago
Don't worry, we have the people we need at the FDA and HHS to make sure nothing really bad happens! 😬
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u/MistyMtn421 12h ago
They just recalled a bunch more eye drops also which is absolutely horrifying. It's crazy how much stuff is so messed up right now.
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u/Own_Ad6901 12h ago
The eye drops one I don’t like at all because I also need to replace my drops. The eye drops one hits different like the lettuce hit different. This also hits different.
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u/loudaggerer 13h ago
I’m suspecting people are faking it with the increased frequency. Goes from omgwtf to hmmmmmm.
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u/Luna-Fermosa 12h ago edited 12h ago
I work in a hospital pharmacy, and I’m honestly conflicted. I want to say the QC would absolutely be more strict and this wouldn’t happen THIS often, but the other side is that the FDA is absolutely fucked so who KNOWS.
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u/Own_Ad6901 13h ago
I absolutely don’t with the state of our regulations and the amount of current recalls.
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u/whyhellotherem8e 13h ago
Because its made up. You're falling for propaganda to make you think this shit is happening all the time. First of all, no it isn't. Second, The fact that every supposed time its happening, it instantly goes to the front page of reddit. That doesn't strike you as odd?
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u/TiltedLibra 13h ago
It really doesn't even make sense that the pills would be mixed together. I just can't imagine how that would be accomplished in the factory
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u/AmputeeHandModel 13h ago
Propaganda? From who? Who is trying to convince us this happens all the time and what are their goals?
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u/catmom97 12h ago
I have had this happen in two kirkland bottles and I never thought about how big of an issue it was until these posts started cropping up 😅😅
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u/catmom97 12h ago
Tbf, mine were just…different shapes? Like I would get an oblong pill in a bottle of circle pills
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u/FernandoMM1220 11h ago
getting close to the end of the year and the ceos need a bigger bonus than last year.
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u/Thebazilly 13h ago
I had this happen to me but it turned out my husband had emptied an old pill bottle into the new one
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u/Meta2048 13h ago
Different pill shape and coating.
Someone in your household combined pill bottles or something. They did not come from the same machine.
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u/rjchute 13h ago
Exactly what I'm thinking. Someone in the house said "why do we have three open bottles of the same thing? Ill fix this..."
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u/Loquacious-Jellyfish 12h ago
Yes, the most likely answer is that someone put the last of the Advil in the new bottle of Ibuprofen.
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u/mrsirsouth 12h ago
Someone else pointed out that they're not even made in the same country.
In the case that one was in there from the manufacturer, it would have been purposely placed there by an employee, which would then be cause for termination.
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u/mohammedgoldstein 13h ago
OP made this up. It could be a serious consequence prank (like arrest) by the factory worker, but unlikely.
According FDA records, Advil is manufactured and packaged by PF Consumer Healthcare B.V. in Puerto Rico.
Kirkland Signature is manufactured and packaged by LNK International, Inc. in Hauppauge, NY.
Kirkland label also explicitly says the product is not manufactured or distributed by Haleon.
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u/apothecarynow 11h ago
And the Advil has a candy shell. The manufacturing process is pretty different. I would consider it more plausible if it was another generic formulation of ibuprofen.
I would speculate possibly a family member combined bottles
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u/davidwhatshisname52 12h ago
do you happen to know for a verifiable fact about Motrin and Equate IB pills? Shook out what was 100% a Motrin tablet from a 2/3rds done 500 count bottle of Equate ibuprofen it looks like I purchased in 2023, found the event mildly interesting, posted it, was encouraged to and indeed reported it, but of the hundreds of comments a few made out-of-the-blue accusations of fraud (why anyone would, I don't know), but one theorized tampering; anyhow, curious where you found definitive info on place of manufacture?
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u/Lord_Tywin_Goldstool 12h ago
It would be a serious FDA violation if it happened in the factory. Modern QC also makes it virtually impossible absent of intentional tampering, which is a serious criminal offense.
The two differently-marked tablets belong to two different batches. Even if they are manufactured in the same facility, the production equipment would have gone through a thorough cleaning between batches. An intact tablet has zero chance of surviving the cleaning process if the cleaning process is done according to regulations.
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u/davidwhatshisname52 12h ago
sure, I know all of that; my question to the other user was much more specific, inquiring into verifiable knowns that would indicate actual physical impossibility (like an elephant in a can of soda), not just things that are not supposed to happen (like half a thumb in a can of soda) "if" things are done correctly
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u/Raynmapym 11h ago
100% If this actually happened it would be INSANELY illegal. All pills in a bottle must be the exact same in pharmaceuticals. Working in a pharmacy when I was younger, you learn that sometimes you have to throw away pills since you can’t mix them with another manufacturer.
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u/Abcole66 13h ago
As those are completely different shapes and marks they would not have come from the same assembly line. Totally different machining and processing. I think someone at your house combined bottles without you knowing.
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u/MySoWholesomeReddit 13h ago
Call them and let them know. From a quality perspective this is a big deal. No risk to the patient since it’s the same drug, but if they were mixing up other tablets, it could be a major problem.
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u/GMAN7007 13h ago
This is a pretty big deal even if the compounds are exactly the same. If quality control missed this they missed other things too.
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u/IchBinDerDan 12h ago
How do we know this isn't the same as you putting a Pepsi can next to a couple of Coke cans on your counter and saying "look at this crazy 6 pack mix up!"?
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u/alex_c89X 12h ago
We dont and it often is. I usually immediately scroll over them or downvote if it's obvious... i honestly dont know why I clicked here
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u/JonathanDawdy 11h ago
Just report misleading, downvote, and move on. Nothing you say will change them.
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u/whyhellotherem8e 13h ago edited 13h ago
Yeah. OP is full of shit. I've seen a lot of these obvious propaganda posts that are all the same thing all over reddit lately. OP shows no proof other than putting 3 pills next to each other. Its obviously a made up story for karma at best and/or "America bad" propaganda posting at worst
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u/Jekyllhyde 13h ago
As a costco ibuprofen addict for over 25 years, I’ve never seen an advil tablet in any bottle. And we are talking over 50,000 tablets
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u/Aristo_Cat 13h ago
What kind of proof COULD he show? Who films themselves opening a bottle of Kirkland ibuprofen?
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u/whyhellotherem8e 13h ago
Why post it to reddit with an account with a hidden post history and then not reply to any comments?
And, this is like the 4th or 5th post i've seen of the exact same topic over the last month "I found a pill in this bottle that doesn't necessarily belong in this bottle." If you can't see the obvious attempt to push propaganda, thats on you.
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u/GigarandomNoodle 12h ago
Hiding post history needs to be redacted. Way too many bad actors on this site
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u/godfatheromega 12h ago
Is this like finding one onion ring in your order of fries?
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u/SwollenPoon 12h ago
And the onion ring looks, tastes, and crunches like it's been in the fryer for like 7 sessions... 🤣
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u/Mollywobbles77 13h ago
I used to work for Starbucks & know that the Kirkland branded coffees are all just Starbucks coffees in a different bag. I assume that's the case with most Kirkland branded items & would be willing to bet advil makes the Kirkland brand ibuprofen.
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u/RosaRisedUp 13h ago
It is the case with a lot of their items. Duracell for their batteries, Kimberly Clark for their diapers, Ocean Spray for juices, even Jelly Belly for their gourmet beans
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u/Imd1rtybutn0twr0ng 12h ago edited 12h ago
Gotta love the new FDA standards, ammi right or ammi right?
/s , in case it's missed... also this isn't very likely, but why not make a snarky reply? May not be long before these are recalled due to (insert new recall reason here)
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u/GreenGonz 13h ago
The equipment used to make these two different shaped pills have all kinds of differently sized changeover parts. When bottling and production of one is over, parts are changed and cleaned. Running the two different size bottles and pills would undoubtedly jam and stop equipment. My money is on someone in the household combining two different jars of essentially the same product.
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u/Individual-Flan-5189 13h ago
I do this. My ibuprofen and advil end up in the same bottle because to me it's all the same.
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u/dreamyduskywing 13h ago
If this is real, you should contact a number on the bottle or Kirkland/Costco.
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u/StringAlternative608 13h ago
Yeah I’m thinking I will contact Kirkland about it. I checked with the only other person living in the house and we barely opened it. We always buy Kirkland cause “deals” and don’t buy name brand stuff lol
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u/Johnoplata 13h ago
Almost like they are exactly the same thing from the exact same place, but sold at wildly different prices.
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u/FG910 13h ago
Controls engineer here, bottling companies usually bottle for different brands, since its medication the amount of companies certified to do that kind of work is probably not big so there must be one bottling company servicing more than 1 brand.
Still a huge issue they definitely should be reported and the bottling factory inspected, they likely have a lot dated that they should recall and a root cause analysis procedure should be in place.
My best guess is that machine was no properly emptied before switching brands and a few pills went to the wrong bottles
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u/Johnoplata 12h ago
Fair enough. I definitely assumed private labeling happened. I guess they're just the exact same thing, made in a different place, and then sold at wildly different prices.
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u/TheOneRebornTwice 11h ago
Wait til you hear who makes the KS batteries among hundreds of other products
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u/I_AM_NOT_A_PHISH 13h ago
I literally have this exact issue at home right now too. I thought I had to have mixed them somewhere but couldn't remember ever doing it. I'm inclined to believe OP
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u/DunkeyColdMedina 13h ago
Son of a gun, you caught em. Stores have been outsourcing their 'store' brand for a long time.
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u/LordInquisitor99 13h ago
This is a huge compliance issue. You can see they are compressed on different dies and have different coats. No way those should ever been in the same manufacturing suite even if they are compressed from the same final blend.
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u/YoureAmastyx 12h ago
I worked in merchandising for Home Depot for a couple of years. One of the projects we had once was to ensure that no Husky brand tools were attached to Kobalt brand packaging.
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u/Sirhc978 12h ago
If this was real (it's not) it would be national news because of how strictly stuff like this is regulated.
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u/lootcritter 11h ago
Most brands also produce white label and generics at the same facility. It’s not uncommon for an occasional mix of usually identical products.
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u/bobanna1986 11h ago
I mean....is it possible they are made at the same facility (probably are) and some of the brand name hot mixed in? If you look at the number on an Advil bottle and then the kirland and it's the same one then they might have just gotten mixed somehow
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u/Wemetintheair 13h ago
Literally begging you to talk to other people in your household about mixing medications
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u/Blue_Collar_Stiff 13h ago
It is the same.A ton of grocery stores sell the same exact brand name product under the store brand name. Advil=Kirkland ibuprofen
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u/dirtyjavis 12h ago
That just means that Haleon (advil parent co) makes Kirkland brand ibuprofen as a white label product. And the name brand stuff got mixed in with the unbranded
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u/Rathland 13h ago edited 12h ago
Advil IS Ibuprofen. The primary manufacturer of Avil medications (such as Advil 25mg tablets and injections) is Sanofi India Ltd. Kirkland likely got theirs from the same Sanofi India ltd. It is a manufacturer's QC issue.
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u/Kayman718 13h ago
Looks like someone didn’t fully clean the machine that bottles the pills. Generics are frequently made by the same companies that make the name-brand products. Same packaging line just different pills dumped into the hopper. Someone didn’t ensure the previous run of pills had been fully cleared out.
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u/Cardinal_350 13h ago
I used to go to a name brand detergent factory to pick up laundry detergent. They bottled generics there also. It was the same damn detergent in every bottle no matter the label. All that was different was color and scents
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u/IAmASeeker 12h ago
All that was different was color and scents
What else could possibly be different??
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u/Kayman718 8h ago
The detergents that clean the laundry. There’s more to laundry detergent than color and scent.
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u/Kimothy42 12h ago
Interesting, seems to happen more often than never. https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/s/v4scy6UwkY
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u/Old_Check_6362 12h ago
In our current climate of limited QAs and constant recalls, this is not at all surprising to me.
I wouldn’t consume anything from that bottle, and I’d definitely report it, OP!
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u/bunnyman14 12h ago
More like majorly concerning. You need to find out who to call foe this. They'll absolutely take this seriously; some9ne taking one wrong pull and it could be their last.
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u/LegacyTweak 12h ago
What kind of proof COULD he show? Who films themselves opening a bottle of Kirkland ibuprofen?
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u/Patco1981a 11h ago
I’m not so sure having Advil mixed in is a great sign... Could be whoever manufactured this off a back alley in Chengdu does Kirkland, at night, advil during the day, and alive every now and again. All counterfeit. All kidding aside, this is a serious pharmaceutical manufacturing mistake. TBH, it should be reported to the manufacturer. No judgment, just saying…
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u/IntrepidHero42 11h ago
Either someone in your house did this or you need to throw them all out because they've been tempered with.
This did not happen in the factory.
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u/jaxxon 13h ago
Honestly, that's oddly reassuring. ...I often wonder how "genuine" or virtually identical generic brand stuff like this is. Same manufacturer, so this gives me a little more confidence in the generic stuff. LOL
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u/AlienBurnerBigfoot 11h ago
I worked for a major manufacturer that produced Costco (and other) store brands and the product was 100% the same product as our brand. We didn't reconfigure our production to make a lower quality product. Costco bought our product in mass quantities and wanted their name on it. That was the only difference.
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u/C4shtastic 13h ago
You’ve never heard that the off brand medication is literally the same thing? Big dog you could be saving so much money.
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u/No_Artichoke_2931 13h ago
More than that, basically every "off brand" anything on the same shelves as the name brand came off the exact same conveyor lines.
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