{"id":665107,"date":"2026-11-03T01:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/665107\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T01:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:14:11","slug":"blood-pressure-medicine-recall-thousands-of-bottles-pulled-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/665107\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood pressure medicine recall: Thousands of bottles pulled nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Assistant to President Donald Trump Jarrod Agen discusses the administration\u2019s energy policies and the president\u2019s efforts to rally voters ahead of Election Day on \u2018The Evening Edit.\u2019<\/p>\n

Americans who take medication for high blood pressure may want to check their medicine cabinets<\/a> after thousands of bottles of a prescription drug were recalled nationwide.<\/p>\n

New Jersey-based Macleods Pharma USA<\/a> is recalling certain lots of Olmesartan Medoxomil, Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets after the medication failed to meet federal quality standards, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).<\/p>\n

The recall covers 3,528 30-count bottles from lot 12251163A and 216 90-count bottles from lot 12251163B. Both lots expire May 31, 2027.<\/p>\n

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Americans who take medication for high blood pressure may want to check their medicine cabinets after thousands of bottles of a prescription drug were recalled nationwide. (iStock)<\/p>\n

Consumers can<\/a> check their prescription bottles for the lot number and National Drug Code, or NDC. The recalled 30-count bottles have NDC 33342-246-07, while the 90-count bottles have NDC 33342-246-10.<\/p>\n

The FDA listed the reason for the recall as “failed dissolution specifications,” meaning the pills did not dissolve as required during testing.<\/p>\n

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The FDA listed the reason for the recall as “failed dissolution specifications.” (iStock)<\/p>\n

The agency classified the action as a Class II recall, meaning use of the affected medication “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences” but the likelihood of serious health consequences is considered remote.<\/p>\n

Macleods Pharma USA initiated the recall Oct. 7, and the FDA classified it Oct. 26. The recall remains ongoing and affects products distributed nationwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The recall comes<\/a> weeks after another blood pressure medication was pulled from shelves over a similar issue.<\/p>\n

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The recall comes weeks after another blood pressure medication was pulled from shelves over a similar issue. (iStock)<\/p>\n

India-based Inventia Healthcare Ltd. recalled 13,567 bottles of 25-milligram chlorthalidone tablets in September after the medication failed dissolution testing, according to the FDA.<\/p>\n

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Chlorthalidone is used to treat high blood pressure and fluid retention, according to Mayo Clinic.<\/p>\n

Macleods Pharma USA could not immediately be reached by FOX Business for comment.<\/p>\n

FOX Business’ Matthew Kazin contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Assistant to President Donald Trump Jarrod Agen discusses the administration\u2019s energy policies and the president\u2019s efforts to rally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,85,46,482],"class_list":["post-665107","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\/665107","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=665107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}