🚨DRUG RECALL ALER🚨: Drug giant Pfizer is voluntarily recalling some high blood pressure medications due to unacceptable levels of a potential carcinogen, the company announced.
March 22, 2022 -- Drug giant Pfizer is voluntarily recalling some high blood pressure medications due to unacceptable levels of a potential carcinogen, the company announced.
The affected products are quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide tablets that Pfizer distributes, and two authorized generics, quinapril plus hydrochlorothiazide and quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide, distributed by Greenstone. The recall is over higher than accepted levels of N-nitroso-quinapril, a compound known as a nitrosamine.
"Although long-term ingestion of N-nitroso-quinapril may be associated with a potential increased cancer risk in humans, there is no immediate risk to patients taking this medication," Pfizer said in aThere have been no reports of injuries or illness related to the recall, the company said.The recalled tablets were sold in 90-count bottles in the United States and Puerto Rico between November 2019 and March 2022.
If you have any of the recalled tablets, contact Sedgwick at 888-843-0247 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET for instructions on how to return their pills and get reimbursed. Health care providers with questions can contact Pfizer at 800-438-1985, option 3, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.Pfizer: “Pfizer Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Lots of Accuretic , quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, and quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide Tablets Due to N-Nitroso- Quinapril Content.”
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