Recall Blood Pressure Medicine
The company added five lots of the generic drug losartan three lots of losartan potassium tablets and two lots of losartan potassium hydrochlorothiazide tablets to an april recall of more than 100.
Recall blood pressure medicine. A food and drug administration recall of a heart medication due to a cancer causing chemical now includes two blood pressure medications. En espaƱol torrent pharmaceuticals announced that it has expanded its voluntary recall of blood pressure medications after testing revealed trace amounts of a known probable human carcinogen. Packaged in 30 count 90 count 500 count and 1 000 count bottles the recalled drugs contain the following national. A pharmaceutical company has expanded the recall of its blood pressure medications the latest development in a long list of recalls that have been happening for the past 14 months.
Dozens of medications used to treat high blood pressure have been recalled over the. Health canada has added eight more products to its recall of certain medications containing valsartan a drug used to treat high blood pressure to help prevent heart attacks and stroke. Fda expands recall on blood pressure drug valsartan due to probable carcinogen. 23 2019 with an additional losartan recall from torrent pharmaceuticals.
A recall of common blood pressure medication losartan has been expanded for a fifth time after manufacturer torrent pharmaceuticals found a possibly carcinogenic impurity in more batches of the. This includes some combination tablets which contain valsartan and amlodipine or valsartan amlodipine and hydrochlorothiazide. This story was updated on sept.