{"id":465023,"date":"2026-02-10T03:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/465023\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T03:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:33:07","slug":"blood-pressure-drug-recalled-after-mix-up-health-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/465023\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood pressure drug recalled after mix-up: Health Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A blood pressure medication has been recalled after a mix-up that may have led to some bottles containing the wrong drug. <\/p>\n

According to Health Canada, Marcan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled two lots of MAR-Amlodipine 5 milligram tablets, which are used to treat high blood pressure and chest pain. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s because some bottles may instead contain 2.5 milligram tablets of midodrine, a medication used to treat low blood pressure. <\/p>\n

Patients can check whether they received the wrong drug by looking at the tablets. <\/p>\n

The 5 milligram MAR-Amlodipine tablets are white or off-white, flat and eight-sided, with a line in the middle and the numbers 210 and 5 printed on one side. <\/p>\n

The midodrine 2.5 milligram tables are white, round and say M2 on one side, with a line across the middle on the other side. <\/p>\n

‘Serious side effects’<\/p>\n

Health Canada says patients should return any bottle that contains the round tablets to their pharmacy and get a replacement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to its public advisory,<\/a> substituting amlodipine with midodrine “can lead to serious side effects such as a dangerous increase in blood pressure, dizziness, fainting and organ damage.”<\/p>\n

Anyone feeling dizzy, experiencing unusually high blood pressure or slow heartbeats is advised to call a health care professional or 911. <\/p>\n

Health Canada says anyone experiencing chest pain, a sudden headache, impaired speech or an inability to move or feel a part of their body should seek immediate medical attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49,48,84,377],"class_list":["post-465023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465023","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=465023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}