You might want to take another look at your medicine cabinet.<\/p>\n
More than 580,000 bottles of a type of blood pressure medication have been recalled due to the potential presence of cancer-causing chemicals, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.<\/a><\/p>\n The New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals recalled the Prazosin Hydrochloride capsules because they had \u201cabove acceptable intake limits\u201d for N-nitroso Prazosin impurity C, a known carcinogen.<\/p>\n No adverse affects have been reported to date.<\/p>\n READ MORE: FDA recalls more than 140K bottles of this common statin: Is your medication one of them?<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you need to know about which capsules are part of the recall and what you should do if you have the recalled medication.<\/p>\n Which Prazosin Hydrochloride capsules were subject to the recall?<\/p>\n The 580,844 bottles of Prazosin Hydrochloride capsules were distributed nationwide and came in 1, 2 and 5 milligram doses, according to the FDA.<\/a><\/p>\n A total of 55 lots of the medication were recalled, with lot codes listed on the FDA notice.<\/a><\/p>\n According to the FDA<\/a>, the pills were first recalled on Oct. 7 and then classified as a Class II recall<\/a> on Oct. 24.<\/p>\n A Class II recall means<\/a> that the \u201cproduct may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n What should people do if they have the recalled Prazosin Hydrochloride capsules?<\/p>\n Teva told NBC Chicago<\/a> it sent letters about the recall to affected customers with instructions for returning the recalled medication.<\/p>\n In the meantime, those with the medication are advised to contact their pharmacies for further guidance on what to do with the rest of the recalled medication. <\/p>\n \u201cIn addition, consumers with questions or concerns should also contact the health care provider who prescribed the medication,\u201d Teva said.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You might want to take another look at your medicine cabinet. More than 580,000 bottles of a type…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[97,243],"class_list":{"0":"post-270926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}