Popular Blood Pressure Medication Recalled Over Cancer-Causing Impurities
The drug contains amounts of nitrosamines that exceed the FDA’s acceptable daily intake.Pfizer has announced a voluntary recall of a popular blood pressure medication and two of its generic versions over a potentially cancer-causing impurity.
Six lots of Accuretic tablets, one lot of quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, and four lots of quinapril HCl/ hydrochlorothiazide tablets have been recalled due to the excessive presence of nitrosamines, a probable carcinogen. This recall is part of multiple that have rolled out in response to the FDA’s announcement of acceptable daily intake levels ofIf you take medication for, you may want to double-check its label. Pfizer just issued a voluntary recall of its popular blood pressure med, Accuretic, along with two generic versions due to the presence of a potentially cancer-causing impurity known as nitrosamines.
More specifically, the medications contain levels of N-nitroso-quinapril, a type of nitrosamine, that are above the Food and Drug Administration’s recommended Acceptable Daily Intake level. According to a
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