Drugmakers and regulators are taking steps to remove supplies of Zantac, a popular heartburn medication, from the market because it may have become tainted with a cancer-causing agent.
Drugmakers and global public health regulators are taking steps to remove supplies of Zantac, a popular heartburn medication, from the market because it may have become tainted with a cancer-causing agent.
Until last week, concerns had mostly been limited to that class of hypertension drugs, known as angiotensin II receptor blockers. But Friday, the FDA and Europe’s top drug regulator said they were examining NDMA levels in Zantac and its generic forms and whether they posed any risk to patients.Ranitidine is taken by millions of people worldwide to treat gastrointestinal disorders and discomfort. Sandoz is one of several generic-drug makers that distribute it.
Some countries in the European Union are recalling ranitidine containing an active ingredient made by an India-based manufacturer, Saraca Laboratories Ltd., Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices said in a “Current evidence suggests that NDMA may be present in ranitidine, regardless of the manufacturer,” Canadian health officials said in a statement.
NDMA is commonly found in cured or cooked meats such as bacon and is a common industrial byproduct. The FDA has said it’s reasonably safe to consume as much as one microgram of NDMA a day.Some tainted pills have been found to contain much higher levels. The FDA found NDMA levels as high as 17 micrograms in blood pressure pills recalled starting in July 2018.
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