Two lots of birth control pills recalled because they contained too many placebos
Jun 4, 2025 | 4:50 PM
TORONTO — Health Canada says a pharmaceutical company has recalled two lots of Seasonale birth control because the packages contain too many placebo pills.
The agency says Teva Canada Ltd. received a complaint that the packages had an extra row of placebos in place of the active pills.
The packages of Seasonale are supposed to contain a 91-day supply divided into three blister cards: two cards with 28 active pills, which are pink, and a third with 35 total pills — 28 active and seven placebos, which are white.
Health Canada says the affected packages, which have expiry dates of Jan. 31, 2026, and Sept. 30, 2026, include a row of placebo pills on the second card as well.
