A pharmaceutical institution is recalling a humor unit medication due to a imaginable crab risk, the FDA announced this week.
Aurobindo Pharma USA is recalling 2 tons of quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide tablets owed to levels of nitrosamine. The tablets are commonly prescribed for the attraction of hypertension to little humor pressure.
Low levels of nitrosamine, oregon N-nitroso-quinapril, is regularly recovered successful h2o and food including cured and grilled meats, dairy products and vegetables. Exposure to precocious levels, the FDA reports, has been linked with an elevated hazard of cancer.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the company's voluntary callback Wednesday.
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According to the FDA advisory, the medicine are “pink colored, scored, circular shaped, biconvex, film-coated tablets, debossed with ‘D’ connected the scored broadside and ‘19’ connected the different side.”
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So far, the FDA reported nary adverse events person been linked to this issue.
“Patients should interaction their doc oregon wellness attraction supplier astir whether to proceed taking their medication, oregon whether to see an alternate attraction anterior to returning their medication,” according to an advisory on the FDA’s website.
Consumers with questions astir the callback tin call 1-866-850-2876 oregon email pvg@aurobindousa.com.
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