Shoppers Drug Mart is asking all Alberta women to check their current birth control medication after human error resulted in expired medication being shipped to stores.
About 100 customers in Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan, and Manitoba who bought Alesse-21 are affected.
Officials say the medication expired in September 2014.
According to the report, the following Alberta Shoppers Drug Mart locations received the expired product:
STORE NAME |
# |
STREET |
CITY |
PHONE |
AIRDRIE |
505 |
MAIN STREET |
AIRDRIE |
403-948-5858 |
BRAESIDE SHOPPING CENTRE |
1919B |
SOUTHLAND DRIVE SW |
CALGARY |
403-253-1477 |
LOWER MOUNT ROYAL |
815 |
17TH AVE SW, UNIT 100 |
CALGARY |
403-244-9769 |
BIG M DRUG MART |
3012 |
17TH AVE. S.E., UNIT #5 |
CALGARY |
403-248-4757 |
MARLBOROUGH MALL |
3800 |
MEMORIAL DR N.E., UNIT 1231 |
CALGARY |
403-272-2848 |
MARKET MALL |
3625 |
SHAGANAPPI TRAIL N.W. |
CALGARY |
403-288-0111 |
CROWFOOT |
28 |
CROWFOOT TERRACE NW |
CALGARY |
403-241-8818 |
SETON SHOPPING CENTRE |
19489 |
SETON CRESCENT SE, UNIT 106 |
CALGARY |
403-279-7726 |
MARDA LOOP |
2067 |
33RD AVENUE SW |
CALGARY |
403-685-6807 |
STADIUM |
1941 |
UXBRIDGE DRIVE NW, UNIT 23 |
CALGARY |
403-289-0208 |
CHESTERMERE STATION |
300 |
196 CHESTERMERE STATION WAY |
CHESTERMERE |
403-207-1875 |
COCHRANE |
120 |
5TH AVENUE WEST, UNIT 100 |
COCHRANE |
403-932-3568 |
NAMAO |
16504 |
95 STREET NE |
EDMONTON |
780-456-5557 |
MAGRATH HEIGHTS |
14135 |
23 AVENUE NW |
EDMONTON |
780-436-5135 |
NAMEO CENTRE |
15969 |
97TH STREET NW |
EDMONTON |
780-473-2813 |
MACTAGGART |
5970 |
MULLEN WAY NW |
EDMONTON |
780-435-1782 |
EDMONTON CITY CENTRE EAST |
62 |
EDMONTON CITY CENTRE EAST |
EDMONTON |
780-426-7642 |
SOUTHPOINT SC |
9360 |
SOUTHFORT DRIVE |
FORT SASKATCHEWAN |
780-998-2236 |
WAPITI CENTRE |
10720 |
78TH AVENUE |
GRANDE PRAIRIE |
780-814-9028 |
LLOYD MALL |
5211 |
44TH STREET, UNIT 200 |
LLOYDMINSTER |
780-875-2031 |
MEDICINE HAT MALL |
3292 |
DUNMORE RD. S.E. |
MEDICINE HAT |
403-526-1426 |
UPTOWNE OLDS |
4607 |
50TH AVENUE |
OLDS |
403-556-3326 |
BOWER PLACE MALL |
4900 |
28TH STREET, UNIT 1043 |
RED DEER |
403-343-3355 |
VILLAGE MALL |
6320 |
50TH AVE, UNIT 1 |
RED DEER |
403-348-8164 |
SUMMERWOOD SHOPPING CENTRE |
20 |
4005 CLOVER BAR ROAD |
SHERWOOD PARK |
780-449-3319 |
The company says that by the time they realized the problem, they called every customer they could that they knew to be affected by the recall.
Officials are also offering to replace the expired product and provide further information and counselling if needed.