{"id":240049,"date":"2025-11-02T19:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T19:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/240049\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T19:01:15","slug":"fda-says-drugmakers-have-recalled-a-blood-pressure-medicine-tainted-with-a-cancer-causing-chemical-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/240049\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA says drugmakers have recalled a blood pressure medicine tainted with a cancer-causing chemical | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drugmakers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical.<\/p>\n

New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and drugs distributor Amerisource Health Services issued voluntary nationwide\u00a0recalls<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month of more than 580,000 bottles of various strengths of prazosine capsules, according to the FDA.<\/p>\n

Doctors prescribe prazosin, which relaxes blood vessels, to help lower blood pressure. It also is sometimes prescribed for nightmares and other sleep disturbances caused by post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n

The FDA said in\u00a0enforcement orders<\/a>\u00a0posted online that it has given the affected lots of the drug a Class II risk classification because some of the recalled medication may have nitrosamine impurities that are considered potentially cancer-causing.<\/p>\n

According to the FDA,\u00a0N-nitrosamine impurities<\/a>\u00a0are a class of potentially cancer-causing chemicals that can form during manufacture or storage of a drug.<\/p>\n

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