{"id":104944,"date":"2025-10-29T22:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/104944\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T22:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:41:07","slug":"140000-bottles-of-cholesterol-medication-recalled-because-it-may-not-dissolve-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/104944\/","title":{"rendered":"140,000 bottles of cholesterol medication recalled because it may not dissolve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a drug company have recalled at least 140,000 bottles of the cholesterol medication because it may not properly dissolve when taken. <\/p>\n<p>Ascend Laboratories of New Jersey <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accessdata.fda.gov\/scripts\/ires\/?Event=97639\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initiated the recall<\/a> for bottles of the atorvastatin calcium tablets, a generic version of Lipitor. The recall includes bottles of 10 milligram, 40 milligram, 20 milligram and 80 milligram tablets with various pill counts. <\/p>\n<p>The FDA classified the recall as a Class II recall, which means consuming the product may cause &#8220;temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/life\/recalls\/neutrogenas-popular-makeup-remover-wipes-recalled-over-contamination-concerns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neutrogena&#8217;s popular makeup remover wipes recalled over contamination concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are no specific instructions on what to do if you have the recalled medication. <\/p>\n<p>Atorvastatin calcium tablets help to lower cholesterol in the body by blocking an enzyme that produces cholesterol. The recalled tablets may not digest properly, and therefore, they would be ineffective. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a drug company have recalled at least 140,000 bottles of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,85,46,482],"class_list":{"0":"post-104944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}