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Pfizer Recalling 3 Blood Pressure Medication Types Due To Cancer Concerns, FDA Says
Forbes ^ | Mar 26, 2022 | Bruce Y. Lee

Posted on 03/31/2022 6:12:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway

In the words of The Weeknd, here we go...again. There is yet another recall of blood pressure medications due to unacceptable levels of a substance that may cause cancer. This time it’s Pfizer that’s doing the voluntary recalling. This recall includes six lots of Accuretic tablets, which Pfizer directly distributes. It also includes medications distributed by Greenstone: four lots of tablets combining quinapril hydrochloride (HCl) with hydrochlorothiazide and one lot of tablets combining quinapril with hydrochlorothiazide. And this time the carcinogenic culprit of concern is a nitrosamine impurity called N-nitroso-quinapril.

As I wrote before for Forbes in October 2021, in recent years, “blood-pressure-medication-recalls-for-possible-cancer-causing-impurity” announcements have become seemingly more common than sequels of the Halloween movie franchise. And like the Halloween sequels the storylines for each recall have all been quite similar and not good. After all, when you order some blood pressure medications, you probably don’t say, “hey could you sprinkle some more of that potentially cancer-causing stuff on those tablets?” The specific impurities and the specific manufacturers may have differed from recall to recall. But in each case such impurities have been present in quantities that may be exceeding Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) levels.

Of course, taking one tablet with a little too much N-nitroso-quinapril won’t change your life forever like taking the blue pill in The Matrix movie. If you’ve been trying to go completely nitrosamine-free, you’ve probably already failed, assuming that you aren’t a cinder block and do in fact regularly drink water and eat food. Nitrosamines are typically found in many things that you may regularly put into your mouth such as cured and grilled meats, dairy products, and vegetables. So nitrosamine impurities are more like reality TV shows such as “Married at First Sight.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bloodpressure; pfizer; safe

1 posted on 03/31/2022 6:12:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

your vaccine is perfectly safe. Now shut up and take it!


2 posted on 03/31/2022 6:27:10 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: nickcarraway

This looks like what Pfizer would do when they have a fifth medication that’s even more carcinogenic.

To make themselves look like they don’t want carcinogens in their products.

Meanwhile, they market the fifth, more deadly product and keep silent about it.


3 posted on 03/31/2022 6:28:16 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: imabadboy99

Never trust pfizzzer


4 posted on 03/31/2022 6:34:46 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: nickcarraway

Would have been nice if they took a look at VAERS, saw the signals and recalled the vaccine for further study. Way too late now.


5 posted on 03/31/2022 6:40:45 PM PDT by week 71
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To: nickcarraway
Pfizer needs a new logo.

Pfizer

6 posted on 03/31/2022 7:09:22 PM PDT by TigersEye (Is it time for a general strike yet?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Chances are good your blood pressure has been rising since the fraudulent election in 2020.

7 posted on 04/02/2022 9:23:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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