{"id":112589,"date":"2025-10-30T17:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/112589\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:35:07","slug":"prazosin-hydrochloride-blood-pressure-medication-recalled-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/112589\/","title":{"rendered":"Prazosin Hydrochloride blood pressure medication recalled \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pharmaceutical company has issued a voluntary recall <\/a>for more than half a million bottles of blood pressure medication after tests showed the capsules had high levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals.<\/p>\n

An enforcement report from the Food and Drug Administration said New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. recalled 580,844 bottles of Prazosin Hydrochloride capsules that were distributed nationwide. <\/p>\n

According to the report, the recall was initiated because tests for the capsules, which came in doses of 1, 2 and 5 mg, showed they had “above acceptable intake limits” for N-nitroso Prazosin impurity C<\/a>, a cancer-linked chemical compound.<\/p>\n

The recall was initiated Oct. 7, the report said. Oct. 24, the recall was classified as a “Class II,” which means the product “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences,” or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.<\/p>\n

According to the Health Hazard Assessment by Teva USA, the overall harm in the patient population is considered to be medium, the California Board of Pharmacy said in a memo.<\/a><\/p>\n

Only certain lots of the pills were recalled. A full list of impacted lot codes can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The drug, more commonly referred to as Prazosin, is a type of alpha-blocker used to treat hypertension, according to the Cleveland Clinic. The drug is sometimes sold under the name of Minipress, the clinic said.<\/p>\n

Teva Pharmaceuticals did not immediately respond to NBC Chicago’s request for comment. <\/p>\n

Last month, Lipitor<\/a>, a widely used cholesterol medication, was also recently recalled for “failed dissolution specifications,” which suggests the drugs did not properly dissolve at a standard rate and could lead to a reduction in the drug’s effectiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pharmaceutical company has issued a voluntary recall for more than half a million bottles of blood pressure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,61,60,371,63322],"class_list":{"0":"post-112589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-medication","12":"tag-recalls"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}