(WCMH) — Torrent Pharmaceuticals is expanding its voluntary recall of certain blood pressure medications over trace amounts of a cancer-causing chemical.
Torrent is only recalling lots of losartan-containing medication containing NDEA above the interim acceptable intake limits of 0.27 parts per million (ppm).
The FDA also updated the list of losartan medications under recall. There is also a list of medications not under recall.
The recall is the latest in a series of recalls that started in July over what the FDA describes as “unacceptable” amounts of N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA).
According to the National Institutes of Health, NDEA is a suspected human and animal carcinogen that is used in gasoline as a stabilizer for industry materials and as a lubricant additive.
The FDA says patients taking any recalled ARB should continue taking their current medicine until their pharmacist provides a replacement or their doctor prescribes a different medication that treats the same condition. Some ARBs contain no NDMA or NDEA.
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