{"id":337619,"date":"2025-12-10T21:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/337619\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:28:14","slug":"us-recalls-popular-blood-pressure-medication-over-fears-of-cross-contamination-with-another-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/337619\/","title":{"rendered":"US recalls popular blood pressure medication over fears of cross-contamination with another drug"},"content":{"rendered":"

A commonly used blood pressure<\/a> medication<\/a> has been recalled over fears that it may be cross-contaminated with another drug<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled more than 11,100 bottles of bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide tablets<\/a> under the brand name Ziac, as the tablets may have been cross-contaminated with other products, according to a recall notice published by the Food and Drug Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bisoprolol\/hydrochlorothiazide is commonly used to treat high blood pressure, also known as hypertension<\/a>, by blocking beta-1 receptors in the heart, and allowing it to come to a regular heartbeat<\/a>, according to WebMD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The recall notice stated that testing of reserve samples \u201cshowed presence of ezetimibe,\u201d a drug used to treat high cholesterol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The December 1 recall was listed as Class III, meaning the use or exposure to the product is \u201cnot likely to cause adverse health consequences,\u201d the FDA said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The FDA announced a recall of a commonly used blood pressure medication over concerns that it may be cross contaminated with another medication (Getty)<\/p>\n

The affected pills come in 2.5mg and 6.25mg doses, according to the agency.<\/p>\n

Specific packages impacted include 30-count bottles NDC-68462-878-30, 100-count bottles NDC-68462-878-01 and 500-count bottles NDC-68462-878-05, according to the recall.<\/p>\n

The affected lot numbers have expiration dates spanning from November 2025 to May 2026.<\/p>\n

A total of 11,136 bottles were impacted in the recall.<\/p>\n

The FDA did not say what patients should do if their medication is affected by the recall.<\/p>\n

The Independent has reached out to the FDA and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A commonly used blood pressure medication has been recalled over fears that it may be cross-contaminated with another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[148116,8431,75476,49,48,7453,146541,84,377],"class_list":["post-337619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-bisoprolol-fumarate","tag-blood-pressure","tag-blood-pressure-medication","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-food-and-drug-administration","tag-glenmark-pharmaceuticals","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337619","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=337619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}