{"id":519514,"date":"2026-03-12T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/519514\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:20:10","slug":"urgent-warning-to-anyone-with-high-blood-pressure-as-tablets-recalled-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/519514\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent warning to anyone with high blood pressure as tablets recalled"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK Government<\/a> has issued a product recall<\/a> of a particular batch of particular blood pressure medicine after a packaging error occurred on a drug company’s manufacturing site.<\/p>\n

The product recall<\/a> was issued by pharmacies across the UK, including Tesco, and by drug\u2019s manufacturer, Crescent Pharma Limited<\/a>. This is being done as a precaution after it was found that a pack contained a different medication due to a packaging error. The batch should have contained Ramipril 5mg capsules, but instead were packed with Amlodipine 5mg tablets.<\/p>\n

The product batches affected include:<\/p>\n

Ramipril 5mg CapsulesBatch GR164099<\/p>\n

The government assured that no other Ramipril 5mg capsules or products are affected by the recall.<\/p>\n

Shareen Doak, Deputy Director, Benefit-Risk Evaluation, at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)\u202f said: “If you take Ramipril, check the packaging for batch number GR164099. The batch number and expiry date information can be found on the outer carton. If you have received this batch, check that the medication name on the carton matches the blister strips inside.<\/p>\n

“If the carton contains blister strips that are labelled as Amlodipine 5 mg tablets, contact your dispensing pharmacy. If the carton contains blister strips that are correctly labelled as Ramipril 5 mg Capsules, you do not need to take further action.<\/p>\n

“If you have an affected pack and think you may have taken the Amlodipine 5 mg Tablets that were supplied in error, and you are currently experiencing any side effects, then please seek immediate medical advice. Please take the leaflet that came with your medicine and any remaining tablets with you to your pharmacy or GP practice.<\/p>\n

“If you\u2019ve already taken Amlodipine, please be reassured that there is a very low risk to your health. Both medications are used to treat high blood pressure, however because your body may not be used to a different type of medicine, your blood pressure may become lower than normal, and you may experience dizziness because of taking amlodipine. Any suspected adverse reactions should also be reported via the\u202fMHRA Yellow Card scheme<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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Customers to check any boxes of Ramipril 5mg for the batch code GR164099. This can be found on the outer carton.<\/p>\n

If customers have purchased the affected product, they are being urged not to use it. The affected product can be returned to a the pharmacy’s where purchased for a full refund.<\/p>\n

Additional information can be found on the government website notice: Class 2 Medicines Recall: Crescent Pharma Limited, Ramipril 5mg capsules, EL(26)A\/11 – GOV.UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For any further help and information, customers should email\u202fmedinfo@crescentpharma.com<\/a>. For reporting of side effects email\u202fsafety@crescentpharma.com\u202for phone on 01217 901596.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK Government has issued a product recall of a particular batch of particular blood pressure medicine after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[234519,19302,140992,97,243,34110,1304,234518,55841,234517],"class_list":{"0":"post-519514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-amlodipine","9":"tag-blood-pressure","10":"tag-blood-pressure-medication","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-medication","13":"tag-medicines","14":"tag-product-recalls","15":"tag-ramipril","16":"tag-tesco","17":"tag-tesco-pharmacy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519514","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=519514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}