Medicines Recall Against Hypertension Expanded Again To Include More Losartan

The FDA has announced that the recall of drugs used to treat high blood pressure has been extended again.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited has expanded its recall to include a further 36 batches of Losartan Potassium Tablets USP and 68 batches of Losartan Potassium and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, USP.

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The recall is the latest in an ongoing investigation into a class of drugs known as angiotensin receptor blockers or ARBs, which contain valsartan, losartan or irbesartan and are used in hypertensive patients and other conditions.

Since July, separate drugs for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure of ARB from different companies have been recalled worldwide, including in the United States. United, because of the presence of similar impurities potentially carcinogenic to humans.

Here is the complete list of the recalled medications.

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