Posted on 08/06/2018 12:13:01 PM PDT by windowdude
A large medication recall has expanded again - now to a global scale.
Valsartan, a prescription medication commonly used to treat blood pressure issues and heart failure, is now under a worldwide recall.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the drug contains a cancer causing chemical called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). This chemical is toxic to the liver and other organs.
"The presence of NDMA was unexpected and is thought to be related to changes in the way the active substance was manufactured," the FDA said.
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(Excerpt) Read more at fox5dc.com ...
I see you are in Ohio. Boehringer, perhaps? (MICARDIS,Telmisartan).
FReegards!
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!
Thanks
Funny...didnt see the name “ENTRESTO,....that contains valsartan..
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.
About 150-140/90-80 It actually was running that while I was on the prescription pills.
and is thought to be related
What the hell? Lawyers are
gonna salivate over this.
Me too.
Thanks for the post!
“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 ...
Thank you ZE.
My mfg is not on the list, which is unchanged from when this first broke.
Good science, good engineering.
My Wife had similar bad reactions to a couple of different BP meds. She lost 35 lbs and o longer needs them.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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