A government health body has revealed that an incontinence drug used by children and elderly people have been recalled because they are too strong.

All the possibly affected stock of Oxybutynin Hydrochloride 5mg tablets have been sent back by manufacturer Niche Generics Ltd because it could contain too much of the active ingredient.

The drug is used to treat conditions such as incontinence and would most likely be used by bed-wetting children or the elderly.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said high levels of the active ingredient were found during the early stages of production and may not have reached finished tablets.

However, all stock is being recalled while an investigation is carried out and patients are advised to contact their pharmacist or GP so the medication can be replaced.

A spokesman for the MHRA stressed that the recall was just a precaution.

He said: “If it’s the case that too much of the active ingredient has gone into the product, it’s difficult to say what could happen to individual patients. Everybody reacts in a different way.

It could lead to a patient overdose which, in the worst-case scenario, could be fatal. But we have not had any reports of adverse drug reactions.”

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