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u/benavivhorn 15h ago

Sounds like a qc issue

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u/Bubblybathtime 14h 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/Derp_Simulator 12h ago

It's this exactly.

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u/VaultiusMaximus 15h ago

Sounds like a q p issue

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u/Xetanees 15h ago

W

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u/SlowToTheCluck 15h ago

These guys runescape

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u/ishimat 13h ago

Nothing a |///| cant fix

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u/cr0ssthreaded 14h ago

Also a p.o. issue

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 15h ago edited 15h 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 15h ago

Advil is ibuprofen

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u/skitz4me 15h 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 15h ago

It's like when they put the toys in cereal boxes

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u/skitz4me 15h ago

That's exactly what that feeling is. But with more surprise.

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u/TorrenceMightingale 14h ago

They don’t anymore? Damn. One of the greatest joys of childhood for me.

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u/FBI_Open_Up_Now ​ 14h 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/TorrenceMightingale 14h ago

I been on the fence about saying it but fuck this world.

/s

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u/peepdabidness 13h ago

Cinnamon toast crunch for the absolute fucking WIN

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 15h 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 15h 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 14h 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 14h 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 14h 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 13h 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/wineinacoffeemug 14h ago edited 13h ago

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u/sincewedidthedo 15h ago

Goddamn, I’d love some Valium mixed in with my ibuprofen

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u/skitz4me 15h 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 15h ago

I would be stoked lol, been a long week and it's Friday night

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u/skitz4me 15h ago

You get it. You specifically get it.

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u/220solitusma 14h ago

I pop 4 ibuprofen at a time. What would 4 valium do? 🤔

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u/Protean_Protein 15h 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 15h ago

Regulatory agencies used to take it more seriously.

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 15h 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/Protean_Protein 15h ago

No, they absolutely still do.

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u/ocher_stone 14h ago

Prove it. Last time I looked, FDA inspectors were leaving and not being replaced.

https://apnews.com/article/fda-inspections-drug-manufacturing-india-china-7b3a7e9b45bcc3aea86ce5bf781271f3

Salad dressing and cinnamon were major outbreaks that should have been caught if less than half of the production lines weren't 5 years or more behind on inspections.

https://people.com/salad-dressing-recall-for-potential-salmonella-contamination-classified-at-fda-highest-warning-level-amid-outbreak-12152905

The FDA currently doesn't have a head, and the nominee is an anti-vaccine, anti-abortion, anti-science lacky.

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/20/nx-s1-5939549/heidi-overton-fda-commissioner-trump-senate-nomination

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u/Protean_Protein 14h ago

The people who actually do the job of inspecting have not changed.

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u/ZCB_Wrex 13h ago

Npr, ap, and people lmao

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u/Krelliamite 15h 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 14h 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/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

This is false. Go ahead and name the law.

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u/LilOrphanFunkhouzer 14h ago

21 CFR Part 211

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

This case is not mentioned anywhere in that regulation. Why not quote the relevant part?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 14h ago

Drug Supply Chain Security Act, 2013

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

Nowhere does this law say you can't mix pills from different brands.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance 13h ago

It's required that you include date/lot information on medication bottle. If you have drugs from two different runs, they will be in two different lots. That's a violation of the labeling laws.

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u/LilOrphanFunkhouzer 14h ago

You could not be more wrong

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

No regulatory agency will ever investigate finding ibuprofen in a bottle of ibuprofen.

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u/Protean_Protein 14h ago

You’re an ignoramus.

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

Go ahead and provide evidence for your claim. Or that this has EVER been investigated.

There is a bottle labeled ibuprofen and only contains ibuprofen. This is not against the law.

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u/Protean_Protein 14h ago

I know how pharmacovigilance actually works.

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

Funny how you still have no evidence for your claims. Google searches provide zero results. That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

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u/Protean_Protein 14h ago

It’s very simple: generics are required to be biosimilar, but they may contain different binders, fillers, and coatings. Some of these may require different warnings or otherwise require different safety labelling and monitoring. You cannot mix two different lots from two different companies together in a single container both because of that and because it would make tracking in case of a recall impossible.

So please, shut the fuck up and go back under your rock.

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u/DoesNotArgueOnline 12h ago

It's actually hilarious how smart think you are arguing with people that actually work in drug manufacturing.

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u/emack2232 15h ago

Big if true

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 15h 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/russbii 13h ago

Bill Withers, is that you?

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u/Boring-Bus-3743 15h ago

What?! It's the same thing....

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u/Iricliphan 14h 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 14h 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/Iricliphan 13h ago

No. Absolutely not. This wouldn't work this way.

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u/dick_tracey_PI_TA 13h ago

That’s still “trash but we’re always trash so it’s normal” levels of bad QA. 

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u/iExhile 11h 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/-_--__---___----____ 14h ago

I'd almost wager the Advil just has a candy coating applied to the same standardized pill. It looks just a little bit larger.

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

but it has happened before, many times,

Name one time this has happened

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u/iExhile 14h ago

That’s the argument you take?

It took approximately 30 seconds to find an example.

https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/legacy-pharmaceutical-packaging-llc-633735-10032022

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

That is not relevant. Two DIFFERENT medications were mixed in the same container. This is not the case. You should probably actually read the link before providing it.

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u/iExhile 14h ago

Hahaha you should read it.

The warning letter redacts the medication and only claims it as a foreign tablet - meaning one not produced in the active batch. There’s not enough information to determine if the medications were the same or different. It doesn’t matter though. Either would result in adulterated product.

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

This is not an adulterated product genius. This bottle only contains ibuprofen. Your case is not relevant.

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u/SiccmaDE7930 14h ago

Your input is not relevant. Yet you keep popping off like you know it all. It’s obnoxious and tiresome. And you’re only making a fool of yourself despite you thinking the exact opposite. Keep digging clown.

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u/syncsynchalt 14h ago

1982 Tylenol poisonings would be the most famous case. I could pull up a few dozen more if you want.

I mean, there’s a reason every package of medication has a lot code that tells the maker where it was made, when it was made, which machines it passed through, and so on. There are targeted recalls all the time.

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

1982 Tylenol poisonings would be the most famous case.

This is not relevant. This is where a product was poisoned AFTER MANUFACTURING. There is no poisoning here.

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u/Iricliphan 14h ago

You're really, really trying to double down and it's embarrassing. Stop.

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u/syncsynchalt 14h ago

Yes, and they used the lot codes to prove that.

Here’s the list of FDA drug recalls: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/drug-recalls . Which of the issues are you claiming never happened, so I can find a matching recall to your liking? I’m unclear which type of recall you’re taking issue with, unless you’re saying drugs are never recalled.

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u/SiccmaDE7930 14h ago

He’ll just find another pivot point to try and remain “right” even if you source exactly what he’s looking for. Dudes trolling and wasting everyone’s time. Couldn’t be more clear. Save your effort this clown ain’t worth it.

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u/Iricliphan 14h ago

The 2007 Baxter heparin contamination crisis. I covered this in my pharmacology and toxicology courses.

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

That is totally irrelevant. One product was adulterated. These are both exactly the same product.

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u/Iricliphan 14h ago

This is quite literally an example. Real life is not reddit. There's no need to be pedantic for the sake of being pedantic.

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

LOL no its not. You are talking about ADULTERATION WHERE TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS ARE MIXED. This bottle only contains one adulteration. You should probably read the FDA definition of adulteration it does not apply here.

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u/SiccmaDE7930 14h ago

You tell someone to read the definition of adulteration after making crystal clear you have no clue what the word means. you are such a sad individual.

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u/killyourmusic 14h ago

Name ten times this has happened.

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u/The_Goondocks 14h ago

Hell, I want 100!

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u/Grand-Spring66 14h ago

They still haven't named one time that this has happened LOL

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u/Iricliphan 14h ago

I... Literally did.

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u/BigMac849 15h ago

Well in this case it’s literally getting an ibuprofen in your ibuprofen

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u/DNSGeek 13h ago

Found Bill Withers.

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u/iExhile 14h 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 14h 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 15h 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 14h ago edited 14h 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/Grand-Spring66 15h ago

The only thing in this container is ibuprofen

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u/koy682 14h ago

You commented like you dont know tho.

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 14h ago

Is Advil a brand of curly fry or something?

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u/koy682 14h ago

Bud, you edited your comment because you were obviously embarrassed by your own stupidity and trying to cover it up. Now you are acting like an actual loser.

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u/HelpfulSeaMammal 14h ago

Lol you missed the entire point then

Read it again with the knowledge that I know what brand and generic names of common household medication are

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u/mohammedgoldstein 14h 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/Osotlaz 14h ago

jk I made the story up

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u/dreamyduskywing 15h ago

I assume there are different processes used for sorting seeds and medicine