FDA Recalls Common Heart Medication Over Possible Cancer Risk

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A blood pressure drug distributed across the U.S. has been pulled over a potential cancer-linked impurity. Here’s what the FDA says you should—and should not—do if you’re affected.

If you or someone you love takes a generic blood pressure medication, a new nationwide recall is worth your immediate attention. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a recall affecting a combination heart and blood pressure drug, citing a potential link to cancer risk through a chemical impurity found in the affected tablets.

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  1. What are the names of the medications. You’re not helping anyone when you don’t even listen the names of the medications

    1. The recall affects Bisoprolol Fumarate (2.5 mg) and Hydrochlorothiazide (6.25 mg) tablets — a combination medication commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure. The affected product comes in 100-count bottles and was distributed throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

    1. The recall affects Bisoprolol Fumarate (2.5 mg) and Hydrochlorothiazide (6.25 mg) tablets — a combination medication commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure. The affected product comes in 100-count bottles and was distributed throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

  2. The recall affects Bisoprolol Fumarate (2.5 mg) and Hydrochlorothiazide (6.25 mg) tablets — a combination medication commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure. The affected product comes in 100-count bottles and was distributed throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

  3. Who believes the trump FDA or the trump anything now days anyway. They are lead by a HHS Secretary quack-job who fired the real experts protecting the health of the country and the world, He replaced them with his fellow quack-jobs and therefore are no longer the premier go to health/medical authority of the past. Gold standard no…corroded penny at the bottom of the swamp yes.

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