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An unwanted pregnancy was the key risk faced by some U.S. women when they were given a sample package of an Allergan  birth control  pharmaceutical drugs . A voluntary nationwide recall of 168,768 physician sample packs of Taytulla capsules was issued by the Dublin-based drug maker. The action came in the wake of a discovery by a physician of a package in which four non-hormonal placebo capsules replaced active capsules in the first four days of therapy. According to the recall notice, a Taytulla pill pack is a 28-count blister card having 24 “active” oink softgel capsules, ones with hormones, followed by 4 maroon softgel capsules not having hormones. With an expiry date of May 2019, the packages are from lot #5620706. The packaging error may lead to taking the capsules out of sequence and placing the user at risk of unintended pregnancy and contraceptive failure. A statement by Allergan said that the reversal of the order may not be apparent to new users or eve...