Urgent recall of common antidepressant issued by the government

100mg tablets of Sertraline were mistakenly replaced with Citalopram (Picture: Getty)

Health officials have recalled a batch of a commonly used antidepressant after a patient found the wrong medicine inside their pack.

A patient taking Sertraline 100mg film-coated tablets found a strip of antidepressant Citalopram inside the sealed carton.

UK-based pharmaceutical company Amarox has issued a precautionary recall of a certain batch of Sertraline, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said.

Both medications are produced by the same manufacturer at the same site, and the...