{"id":506171,"date":"2026-06-22T22:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/506171\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:44:10","slug":"over-11000-bottles-of-blood-pressure-medication-recalled-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/506171\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 11,000 bottles of blood pressure medication recalled nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari discusses whether investors are too dependent on AI, Space X&#8217;s IPO and his outlook for the markets on &#8216;Varney &amp; Co.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>More than 11,000 bottles of blood pressure medication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/product-recalls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">are being recalled<\/a> nationwide due to a manufacturing defect, according to the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The 11,460 bottles of chlorthalidone tablets, USP, 25 mg, are being recalled because of &#8220;failed dissolution specifications.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dissolution tests measure the release rate of a drug and its active ingredient from the tablet or capsule used as a dosage when it&#8217;s placed into a liquid to assess the performance and quality of various drug formulations and batches, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pion-inc.com\/blog\/what-is-in-vitro-dissolution-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pharmaceutical company Pion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The recalled drugs were manufactured by Inventia Healthcare Limited of India \u2013 which initiated the voluntary recall \u2013 and distributed in the U.S. by Rising Pharma Holdings of East Brunswick, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/500k-packages-macaroni-cheese-sold-aldi-recalled-over-undeclared-soy-lecithin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">500K PACKAGES OF MACARONI AND CHEESE SOLD AT ALDI RECALLED OVER UNDECLARED SOY LECITHIN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/prescription-medication-person-hand.jpg\" alt=\"Prescription medication in hand.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The recalled chlorthalidone tablets failed dissolution specifications, according to the FDA. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>FOX Business reached out to Inventia Healthcare and Rising Pharma for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/drugs\/20711-chlorthalidone-tablets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a> said that chlorthalidone is used to treat high blood pressure by helping kidneys remove fluid and salt from a user&#8217;s blood through their urine.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/health-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">diuretic drug<\/a> and may also be used to reduce swelling related to heart, kidney or liver disease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/deadly-listeria-outbreak-sparks-expanded-cheese-recall-across-multiple-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DEADLY LISTERIA OUTBREAK SPARKS EXPANDED CHEESE RECALL ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pharmacy-tech.png\" alt=\"A pharmacy tech pulls medication from a shelf inside a pharmacy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Chlorthalidone is a diuretic that can be used to treat high blood pressure and to reduce swelling caused by heart, kidney or liver disease. (George Frey\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The recall was initiated voluntarily by the company on June 5 and is ongoing, according to the FDA&#8217;s recall page.<\/p>\n<p>It covers 25 mg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-medications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">chlorthalidone tablets<\/a> sold in either 100 or 1000 tablets per bottle as prescribed by a doctor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/cdc-urges-parents-stop-using-nara-organics-infant-formula-after-three-babies-hospitalized-botulism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CDC URGES PARENTS TO STOP USING NARA ORGANICS INFANT FORMULA AFTER THREE BABIES HOSPITALIZED WITH BOTULISM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pharmacy-drugs-Walgreens.jpg\" alt=\"An image of medication at a Walgreens pharmacy.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The voluntary recall is ongoing and covers specific batches of the medication. (Jeffrey Greenberg\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The 100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-consumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tablet bottles covered by the recall<\/a> have a batch code of RISA24001, while the 1000 tablet bottles have a batch code of RISB24002.<\/p>\n<p>The expiration date for bottles covered by the recall is April 2027.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari discusses whether investors are too dependent on AI, Space X&#8217;s IPO&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,85,46,482],"class_list":["post-506171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506171","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=506171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}