Valsartan, Losartan and Other BP Med Recalls 2018
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In this Article
What blood pressure drugs have been recalled?
Why are the drugs being recalled?
What is the risk of getting cancer from one of these drugs?
What’s driving the spike in recalls?
What’s being done about products made in other countries?
What should people who rely on these medicines do?
Note: This story was updated Jan. 7, 2019, with an expansion of a previous losartan recall and on Jan. 2, 2019, with the latest recall of valsartan drugs.
Dozens of medications used to treat high blood pressure have been recalled over the past several months as federal investigators discover potentially cancer-causing impurities in them.
https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/valsartan-losatran-bp-med-recalls-2018
