Two pharmaceutical distributors have expanded the recall of the cholesterol drug Lipitor to include some repackaged Lipitor products, pending a Food and Drug Administration probe tracking thousands of bottles of counterfeit pills.

Albers Medical Distributors Inc. of Kansas City, Mo., and H.D. Smith Wholesale Drug Co. of Springfield, Ill., are recalling all Lipitor products repacked by Med-Pro Inc. of Lexington, Neb., the FDA announced yesterday.

The recalled bottles are marked "Repackaged by: MED-PRO Inc., Lexington, NE 68850. If consumers discover bottles with that stamp, they should not take the pills but return the product to their pharmacy, the FDA said.