https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-h...d-recalls-2018
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.
These common prescription drugs include valsartan, losartan, and irbesartan in different combinations and from different manufacturers.My take: Big pharma needs to be reigned in. Where my health is concerned I want rock solid quality control in my meds no matter the cost. What if something worse had been mixed with these medcations? Did we narrowly dodge a bullet this time? And what about next time? What if cyanide or some other poison accidentally finds its way into common meds? Scary.A common thread among all of these recalls is that the drugs, or ingredients in the drugs, were all made in China or India.
American drug companies since the 1990s have increasingly used factories in other countries to manufacture their products. About 40% of finished medications are made overseas, the Government Accountability Office says. Nearly 8 out of 10 active pharmaceutical ingredients, which are made into pills at other plants, are, too.
This globalization of the nation’s drug supply helps keep prices down, as it is cheaper to have them made in other countries. But with lower costs sometimes comes lower quality control.
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