Blood pressure medication linked to lung cancer.

[Spainy]

forbes.com/sites/robertglat...

Does anyone have more information on this?

[Denzie Moderator Volunteer]

This came on today’s Medscape email. If you can’t open it let me know. It’s longish but I can do a copy and paste.

medscape.com/viewarticle/90...

[Spainy in reply to Denzie]

Thanks Denzie. Don’t think I’ve been on this type of blood pressure medicine but will check with my pulmonologist.

[Feelingblessed2013]

This was posted on Facebook yesterday:

(WCMH)--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is voluntarily recalling a blood pressure medication after an impurity classified as a cancer-causing chemical was found.

According to the FDA, Losartan Potassium Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, USP are indicated for the treatment of hypertension.

The recall includes 100 milligram/25 milligram tablets with the lot number JB8912.

CNN reports, the drug is being recalled because the active ingredient has tested positive for N-Nitrosodiethylamine, or NDEA, a suspected human and animal carcinogen that is used in gasoline as a stabilizer for industry materials and as a lubricant additive, according to the National Institutes of Health.

For more information or to report an issue with the medication click here.

If you clicked on the "click here", it takes you to this: fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm6...

[Spainy in reply to Feelingblessed2013]

I think these are two different issues. The one you mention is related to a manufacturing recall. The one I’ve mentioned is a type of blood pressure medication demonstrating possible lung cancer affects.

[Feelingblessed2013 in reply to Spainy]

This recall is because the pills have been found to contain an ingredient that is a known carcinogen.

This is the only one I have heard of.