{"id":253403,"date":"2025-11-01T00:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/253403\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T00:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:14:10","slug":"widely-used-blood-pressure-medication-recalled-over-cancer-causing-chemicals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/253403\/","title":{"rendered":"Widely used blood pressure medication recalled over \u2018cancer-causing\u2019 chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teva Pharmaceuticals has voluntarily recalled<\/a> over 580,000 bottles of its Prazosin Hydrochloride blood pressure capsules after FDA<\/a> tests found elevated levels of potentially cancer-causing<\/a> chemicals.<\/p>\n

The recall<\/a> was issued on October 7 after tests found that 1, 2, and 5 mg Prazosin capsules distributed nationwide contained “above acceptable intake limits” of the cancer-linked impurity N-nitroso Prazosin impurity C.<\/p>\n

Prazosin, also known as Minipress, is an alpha-blocker used to treat high blood pressure<\/a>, according to the Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n

Last week, the FDA classified the recall as Class II, indicating that the drug<\/a> may cause temporary or reversible health effects, but serious harm is unlikely.<\/p>\n

Teva USA\u2019s Health Hazard Assessment rated the overall patient risk as medium, according to a memo from the California Board of Pharmacy. As of Thursday, the company said it has not received any “relevant complaints” related to the product.<\/p>\n

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The recall is classified as Class II by the FDA, meaning there is a risk of temporary or reversible health effects (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Prazosin is indicated for the treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure, and there are many alternative treatments available to patients,” a company spokesperson told NBC Chicago<\/a> in a statement. “Teva prioritizes patient safety and product quality at every stage of a medicine<\/a>\u2019s lifecycle.”<\/p>\n

The recall affects only specific lots of the medication. A full list is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Teva advised patients to contact their pharmacy or prescribing healthcare provider for guidance and said it has sent recall letters with instructions for returning the affected products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teva Pharmaceuticals has voluntarily recalled over 580,000 bottles of its Prazosin Hydrochloride blood pressure capsules after FDA tests…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[8431,49,118034,48,2714,84,377,118033,117146,118035,6476],"class_list":["post-253403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-blood-pressure","tag-ca","tag-california-board-of-pharmacy","tag-canada","tag-fda","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-prazosin-hydrochloride","tag-teva-pharmaceuticals","tag-teva-usas-health-hazard-assessment","tag-the-cleveland-clinic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}