NBC New York

New Recall for Losartan Blood Pressure, Heart Disease Medication

Thousands of bottles of a prescription medicine for treating high blood pressure and congestive heart failure have been recalled over the detection of trace amounts of a possible carcinogen. About ...
MassLive

FDA: New voluntary recall of high blood pressure drug issued

Another voluntary recall of medications used in the treatment of high blood pressure has been issued due to the detection in the active pharmaceutical ingredient of an impurity considered probably ...
Business Wire

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium 25 mg and 100 mg Tablets USP, Sold Exclusively to Golden State Medical Supply

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall in the United States, to the patient level, of 35 lots of bulk Losartan Potassium USP Tablets (6 lots ...
Business Insider

Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium Tablets, USP, 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg Due to the Detection of Trace Amounts of N-Nitroso N ...

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Feb. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is recalling 87 lots of Losartan Tablets USP 25 mg, 50 mg, and 100 mg to consumer level. This recall was prompted due to ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

HSA recalls high blood pressure drugs: What you need to know about losartan

SINGAPORE: Three brands of high blood pressure medicine containing the ingredient losartan have been recalled after they were found to contain higher than acceptable levels of a potentially harmful ...
Medscape

Impact of Losartan on Stroke Risk in Hypertensive Patients in Primary Care

A total of 2977 GPs throughout Germany included a diverse population of patients in the study. A total of 22 499 patients received at least one dose of study medication (cohort used for safety ...
Newswire

Advisory - Multiple lots of irbesartan, losartan and valsartan drugs recalled due to azido impurity

Original Advisory (May 30, 2021): Multiple lots of irbesartan, losartan and valsartan drugs recalled due to azido impurity Health Canada is informing Canadians that several companies are recalling ...
Daily Express

Alzheimer’s latest: Common blood pressure drug could help halt the disease

00:01, Wed, Jul 26, 2017 Updated: 14:18, Wed, Jul 26, 2017 Trials are under way to test whether losartan, which first became available in 1995, can complement current treatments for the incurable ...
Daily Mail

Health officials recall 260,000 packs of blood pressure pills because they 'may contain a cancer-causing chemical' – and some have been on the market for TWO YEARS

More than a quarter of a million packs of blood pressure drugs have been recalled in the UK. Government agency the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency today issued a warning about ...
GMA Network

Sandoz-Losartan medicines sold in PHL ‘are safe’

The blood pressure maintenance drug Losartan sold in the country is safe, a corporate executive of Sandoz in the Philippines said Tuesday. The Sandoz Losartan that is sold in the Philippine market is ...
Newswire

Advisory - Multiple lots of irbesartan, losartan and valsartan drugs recalled

Original Advisory (May 30, 2021): Multiple lots of irbesartan, losartan and valsartan drugs recalled due to azido impurity Health Canada is informing Canadians that several companies are recalling ...