{"id":305139,"date":"2025-12-08T14:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/305139\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:27:07","slug":"recall-alert-blood-pressure-medication-recalled-may-be-contaminated-with-wrong-drug-wsb-tv-channel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/305139\/","title":{"rendered":"Recall alert: Blood pressure medication recalled; may be contaminated with wrong drug \u2013 WSB-TV Channel 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Food and Drug Administration has recalled a popular treatment for high blood pressure. <\/p>\n

The agency said that bottles of bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, under the brand name Ziac, may have been cross-contaminated with other drugs, USA Today<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n

The drugmaker said testing of reserve samples showed traces of ezetimibe, a cholesterol drug made by the same company. <\/p>\n

The recall affects tablets in dosages from 2.5 mg to 6.25 mg made by Madhya Pradesh in India for Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, USA Today<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n

The Hill<\/a> reported that more than 11,100 bottles have been recalled.<\/p>\n

The following pills have been recalled, according to USA Today<\/a>:<\/p>\n

30-tablet bottles, NDC-68462-878-30. Lot 17232401, expiration 11\/2025.100-tablet bottles, NDC-68462-878-01. Lot 17232401, expiration 11\/2025.500-tablet bottles, NDC-68462-878-05. Lots 17232401, exp. 11\/2025 and 17240974, expiration 05\/2026.<\/p>\n

The recall is a Class III, or “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences,” according to the FDA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide are prescribed in combination. The first is a heart beta blocker, according to the Mayo Clinic<\/a> and allows it to beat normally. The second increases urination to remove sodium and water from a person. The medications also allow blood vessels to relax, lowering blood pressure and reducing the risk of heart attacks or strokes. <\/p>\n

\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Food and Drug Administration has recalled a popular treatment for high blood pressure. The agency said that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[97267,26142,122255,122256,84,56383,122257,1944,35472,45941,122258,4229,122259,33266,23508,102,51342,17159,3002,20700,5485,6591,122260,42629,122261,33950,4242,122262,25950,32017,27756,14979,122263,11966,84140,122264,8682,471,122265,5330,1602,56,54,55,122266],"class_list":["post-305139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-alert","tag-announcement","tag-blackboard","tag-bullhorn","tag-business","tag-businessman","tag-chalkboard","tag-company","tag-concept","tag-customer","tag-danger","tag-economics","tag-endanger","tag-hand","tag-hazard","tag-health","tag-holding","tag-information","tag-legal","tag-liability","tag-marketing","tag-medication","tag-megaphone","tag-message","tag-negligence","tag-problem","tag-product","tag-product-recall","tag-protection","tag-quality","tag-quality-control","tag-recall","tag-recalling","tag-regulations","tag-responsible","tag-revoking","tag-risk","tag-safety","tag-seller","tag-sign","tag-text","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-unsafe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}