02-27-2019, 01:49 PM
....blood pressure medication due to carcinogens found......so if you use it....
FDA: Blood pressure drug recalled over small amounts of carcinogen
.....Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited on Monday recalled one lot of the blood pressure medication losartan after discovering trace amounts of a probable carcinogen.
The recalled 100 mg/25 mg losartan and potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets contained small amounts of N-nitrosodiethylamine, or NDEA, according to a company recall notice shared on the Food and Drug Administration's website.
Doctors advise affected consumers to continue taking their medication until a pharmacist replaces the drugs or provides another treatment. Discontinuing a recalled drug could cause more immediate harm than staying on the medication.
The active drug ingredient was made at Hetero Labs Limited in India, one of two overseas drug factories linked to repeated blood medication recalls since last July.
The ongoing recalls prompted the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce to ask Food and Drug Administration officials this month about the safety of drugs made overseas.
There have been more than 15 recalls of versions of the blood pressure and heart medications losartan, valsartan and irbesartan that contained trace amounts of NDEA or another probable carcinogen, N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA. The recalled drugs are part of a large class of drugs called angiotensin II receptor blockers, or ARBs, which work by relaxing the blood vessels.
Last month, the FDA downplayed the cancer risk for any person who took valsartan that had small amounts of NDMA. The FDA concluded there would be one more cancer case above average rates for every 8,000 people on the highest dose of valsartan for four years.
In September, the FDA issued an import alert to block products made at Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical in China from entering the United States.
FDA officials said Monday that the agency is reviewing the committee letter and will respond directly to congressional staff.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb last week said in a tweet that the FDA has had a "steady increase" in inspections of overseas generic drug plants over the last four years.
He added that the FDA has had a fivefold increase in warning letters to human drug manufacturers.
one that won't make me sick
One that won't make me crash my car
Or make me feel feet, feet, feet thick
I want a new drug, one that won't hurt my head
One that won't make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red
One that won't make me nervous
Wonderin' what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you
When I'm alone with you..........................?!
FDA: Blood pressure drug recalled over small amounts of carcinogen
.....Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited on Monday recalled one lot of the blood pressure medication losartan after discovering trace amounts of a probable carcinogen.
The recalled 100 mg/25 mg losartan and potassium/hydrochlorothiazide tablets contained small amounts of N-nitrosodiethylamine, or NDEA, according to a company recall notice shared on the Food and Drug Administration's website.
Doctors advise affected consumers to continue taking their medication until a pharmacist replaces the drugs or provides another treatment. Discontinuing a recalled drug could cause more immediate harm than staying on the medication.
The active drug ingredient was made at Hetero Labs Limited in India, one of two overseas drug factories linked to repeated blood medication recalls since last July.
The ongoing recalls prompted the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce to ask Food and Drug Administration officials this month about the safety of drugs made overseas.
There have been more than 15 recalls of versions of the blood pressure and heart medications losartan, valsartan and irbesartan that contained trace amounts of NDEA or another probable carcinogen, N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA. The recalled drugs are part of a large class of drugs called angiotensin II receptor blockers, or ARBs, which work by relaxing the blood vessels.
Last month, the FDA downplayed the cancer risk for any person who took valsartan that had small amounts of NDMA. The FDA concluded there would be one more cancer case above average rates for every 8,000 people on the highest dose of valsartan for four years.
In September, the FDA issued an import alert to block products made at Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical in China from entering the United States.
FDA officials said Monday that the agency is reviewing the committee letter and will respond directly to congressional staff.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb last week said in a tweet that the FDA has had a "steady increase" in inspections of overseas generic drug plants over the last four years.
He added that the FDA has had a fivefold increase in warning letters to human drug manufacturers.
one that won't make me sick
One that won't make me crash my car
Or make me feel feet, feet, feet thick
I want a new drug, one that won't hurt my head
One that won't make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red
One that won't make me nervous
Wonderin' what to do
One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you
When I'm alone with you..........................?!
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