Blood pressure medication recalled due to cancerous chemical

The Brief

More than 500,000 bottles of blood pressure medication have been recalled for having high levels of a cancer-causing chemical.

The voluntary recall was issued by New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals for its prazosin hydrochloride capsules.

Blood pressure medication recall

What they're saying:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified it as a Class II risk level, "in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote."

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The FDA says the recalled capsules may contain nitrosamine impurities – or "No-nitroso Prazosin impurity C" – which can cause serious health r