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The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have guidelines to help manage blood pressure and reduce hypertension-related risks.<\/p>\n
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More than half a million bottles of\u00a0bloo<\/a>d<\/a> pressure<\/a>\u00a0medication are being recalled over a cancer-causing chemical connected to the prescription drug, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.<\/a><\/p>\n Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, based in Parsippany, New Jersey, issued a voluntary recall on Oct. 7 for some of the prazosin hydrochloride capsules it distributed. The FDA classified it as a Class II risk level on Oct. 24.<\/p>\n According to the FDA<\/a>, a Class II risk is a situation “in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”<\/p>\n The\u00a0risk classification<\/a>\u00a0from the federal agency indicates the recalled medication may contain nitrosamine impurities also called \u201cN-nitroso Prazosin impurity C.\u201d Exposure to the product can lead to severe health risks, the FDA reported.<\/p>\n Here’s what to know about the recall, including how many bottles have been recalled, and how it affects people with high blood pressure in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n What blood pressure medicine is being recalled?<\/p>\n The recall involves more than 580,000\u00a0prazosin hydrochloride<\/a>\u00a0capsules distributed by Teva Pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n The prescription affects:<\/p>\n 1 mg capsules: 181,659 bottles.2 mg capsules: 291,512 bottles.5 mg capsules: 107,673 bottles.<\/p>\n The bottles may contain anywhere from 100 to 1,000 capsules, according to the FDA.<\/p>\n The drug was approved by the FDA to treat high blood pressure, but sometimes prescribed off-label to help manage symptoms of\u00a0post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD,<\/a>\u00a0particularly nightmares and sleep problems. The medication works by relaxing blood vessels, improving blood flow and reducing blood pressure.<\/p>\n What should people do with recalled medication?<\/p>\n Neither Teva nor the FDA issued guidance on what to do with\u00a0the recalled tablets<\/a>.<\/p>\n But according to\u00a0GoodRx<\/a>, anyone affected by a drug recall is advised to check their medication’s lot number, contact their pharmacist as well as their prescriber and throw away the recalled medication.<\/p>\n A 2019 Harvard Health Publishing article<\/a> said that you shouldn’t stop taking your blood pressure medication without first consulting your doctor.<\/p>\n USA TODAY has reached out to Teva for comment.<\/p>\n How many people in Massachusetts have high blood pressure\/hypertension?<\/p>\n Hypertension, or\u00a0high blood pressure<\/a>, is defined as a blood pressure of 140\/90 mmHg or higher.<\/p>\n High blood pressure can raise a person’s risk of heart attack or heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, eyesight loss and death, the Massachusetts General Hospital website said.<\/a><\/p>\n