FDA Recalls Blood Pressure Medication Due to Contamination

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall for blood pressure medication after finding cross contamination with a drug used to treat high cholesterol.

The agency issued the recall on Dec. 1 for approximately 11,100 bottles of the combination medication bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide, which is sold under the brand name Ziac, Fox Business reported .

Testing of the blood pressure treatment indicated “trace amounts of ezetimibe,” a medication used to treat high cholesterol.

The FDA classified the recall as a Class III, meaning exposure to the contaminated product is “not likely to cause adverse health consequences.”

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, which is based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, manufactures both the blood-pressure medication and the medication use