Glutathione and Myers' Cocktail IV vials recalled nationwide

Centric Compounding, a Houston pharmacy, is recalling six lots of injectable glutathione, Myers’ Cocktail and Tri-Immune Boost because the glutathione used to make them contained high levels of endotoxin, a toxin from bacteria. The recall notice, posted by the FDA on September 13, 2026, says the vials were shipped nationwide, both to patients’ homes and to prescribers. The company has received 9 reports of fever, chills, chest pain, nausea or vomiting, headache, or malaise.

If you have had a glutathione, Myers’ Cocktail or Tri-Immune Boost injection or IV drip, find out whether it came from Centric Compounding. Throw out any recalled Centric vials you have at home, and tell your doctor if you had fever, chills or chest pain after a dose. If you felt fine, the notice asks nothing more of you than discarding recalled vials. It covers these injectable vials only, not glutathione pills or powders.

Key takeaways

• Six Centric lots are recalled: three of glutathione, two of Myers’ Cocktail and one of Tri-Immune Boost, all in 30 mL multidose vials.
• Only one recalled lot is still within its beyond-use date, but vials delivered to homes may still be sitting there.

What happened

Centric says all three products “have been found to be compounded with a Glutathione API containing elevated endotoxin levels.” API is the active drug ingredient. The notice says the products are used “to support immunity, fatigue, and general wellness.”

The notice warns that endotoxin in injectables could cause “fevers, hypotension, inflammatory reactions, anaphylactic shock and death.” Hypotension means low blood pressure. Centric is arranging replacements, and questions go to 833-777-6664.

Dr. Kumar’s take

Endotoxin is not an infection. It is a piece of the outer wall of certain bacteria, and it stays harmful after the bacteria are dead. Sterilizing a vial kills live germs but can leave endotoxin behind, and antibiotics do nothing to it because there is nothing alive to kill. In the bloodstream, the immune system reads it as a serious infection and fires off fever, chills and, in larger amounts, a drop in blood pressure. That is why these reactions tend to start within hours of a dose.

This recall reaches beyond plain glutathione vials into two blended “wellness” products. A Myers’ Cocktail is usually sold as a vitamin and mineral drip, so someone who ordered one may never have known glutathione was in the vial.

Two details a quick read would miss. First, five of the six lots are past their beyond-use dates, and only glutathione lot 072726:D runs to September 25, 2026. But multidose vials shipped to homes can sit in a kitchen long after their date. Second, Centric’s notice does not name its glutathione supplier or say whether the ingredient was supplement grade.

Ingredient sourcing is the weak point in compounded wellness injections, a menu that keeps growing, including the peptides FDA advisers backed for compounding.

The evidence that IV glutathione or a Myers’ Cocktail improves immunity, energy or general wellness is thin. An uncertain benefit against a real chance of a reaction that can put you in the hospital is a lopsided trade.

What it means for you

• Check the source. Read the vial label, or ask the clinic or telehealth service that supplied your injection which pharmacy made it.
• Throw out recalled vials, including expired ones still at home.
• Tell your doctor if you felt sick after a dose. Chest pain or trouble breathing happening right now needs emergency care, not a call to the pharmacy. Reactions can also be reported to FDA’s MedWatch program online, by regular mail or by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178. To get a paper reporting form, call 1-800-332-1088.

If you plan to keep getting glutathione injections, ask where the pharmacy sources its glutathione, the same question FDA told clinicians to ask. Whether these drips are worth it for you at all is a conversation to have with your doctor.