FDA issues worldwide recall of common blood pressure medication

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/fda-issues-worldwide-recall-of-blood-pressure-medication ^

[Agamemnon]

We manufactured a chemical cousin of Valartan for years.

I see you are in Ohio. Boehringer, perhaps? (MICARDIS,Telmisartan).

FReegards!

[drypowder]

Gee, what timing. I’ve been taking AMLODIPINE for about three years now and for the last ten days I’ve had requiring intermittent pain in my liver. Damn!

[Cold Heart]

Thanks

[Getready]

Funny...didnt see the name “ENTRESTO,....that contains valsartan..

[BobL]

Being a conservative and a prepper, I, of course, am prepared for supply disruptions... So I’ve accumulated a large stockpile of bp drugs (all last legally, of course)... So no problem here.

[SubMareener]

About 150-140/90-80 It actually was running that while I was on the prescription pills.

[wardamneagle]

“and is thought to be related”
What the hell? Lawyers are
gonna salivate over this.

[Cementjungle]

Me too.

[drypowder]

Thanks for the post!

[catnipman]

“I believe this is a recall specifically for product manufactured by a Chinese source and distributed via Norvartis. Otherwise, all other sources of this product are safe.”

AND it wasn’t Valsartan itself that’s unsafe, but a contaminate introduced during faulty manufacture by this generic maker ... par for the course if it was indeed a Chinese maker ...

[onedoug]

Thank you ZE.

My mfg is not on the list, which is unchanged from when this first broke.

Good science, good engineering.

[windowdude]

My Wife had similar bad reactions to a couple of different BP meds. She lost 35 lbs and o longer needs them.

[ExTexasRedhead]

More heads up:

https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2018/08/27/pharmacist-did-not-tell-the-truth-about-valsartan-source/?utm_source=The+People%27s+Pharmacy+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c7f6bd5eb9-MC_D_2018-08-28%26subscriber%3D1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7300006d3c-c7f6bd5eb9-220081977&goal=0_7300006d3c-c7f6bd5eb9-220081977&mc_cid=c7f6bd5eb9&mc_eid=0ec54f7dcb

[windowdude]

Thanks.

[windowdude]

Thanks.