More than 20,000 bottles of blood pressure medication are subject to an urgent recall after manufacturers found it is \u2018super-potent\u2019.<\/p>\n
Viatris is recalling 21,620 bottles of Telmisartan and Amlodipine tablets. The medication is used to treat blood pressure. However, the company has found some batches of the bottles are \u2018super-potent\u2019 and contain too much telmisartan.<\/p>\n
It said: \u201cSuperpotent Drug: potential for the Telmisartan content in these lots to exceed specifications.\u201d<\/p>\n
The medication in question is produced in India for Viatris, a firm based in Morgantown, West Virginia. It is available across the United States. The recall has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).<\/p>\n
The FDA notice listed the product description as: \u201cTelmisartan and Amlodipine, Tablets, USP, 40mg\/5 mg, 30-count Bottle, Rx only, Manufactured for: Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Morgantown, WV 26505 USA, Made in India, NDC 0378-1075-93.\u201d<\/p>\n
The batch numbers are: \u201cLot # 3228113, 3228114, 3228115, Exp Date: Oct 31, 2026; Lot # 3228120, 3228121, Exp Date: Nov 30, 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
The recall was first issued on October 1. It is a \u2018class III\u2019 recall which means \u201cuse of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, patients are still being urged to check their bottles and return them to the pharmacist they purchased them from.<\/p>\n
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is \u201cvery common\u201d, according to the NHS. It says \u201colder adults\u201d are more likely to suffer from the symptom-less disease.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re also at more risk of developing the disease if you have a strong family of high blood pressure, are Black African, Black Caribbean or South Asian ethnic background, have an unhealthy, high-salt diet, are overweight, smoke, drink too much alcohol, or are stressed for a prolonged period.<\/p>\n
If left untreated, it can lead to more serious problems like heart attacks or strokes. That\u2019s why over-40s can get a free blood pressure check at their GP or some pharmacies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 20,000 bottles of blood pressure medication are subject to an urgent recall after manufacturers found it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2505,267380,59,102,2761,267378,267379,56,54,55,267377],"class_list":["post-814691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-drugs","tag-fda-class-iii-recall","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-product-recalls","tag-super-potent-medication","tag-telmisartan-and-amlodipine","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-viatris-recall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814691","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=814691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}