ATLANTA — Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited has increased the company’s recent recall of Losartan potassium tablets USP from two lots to 10 lots.
The drugs have a trace amount of an unexpected impurity called N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), the Food and Drug Administration announced this week.
NDEA occurs naturally, but is considered a probable human carcinogen according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
There have been no reports of illness related to the recall, according to the FDA.
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Doctors prescribe Losartan to treat hypertension, hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and nephropathy in Type 2 diabetic patients.
Patients are being advised to continue taking the medications and contact their doctor or pharmacist for an alternative treatment.
For a list of affected pills, click here.
If you have any medical questions, you’re being told to call Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited at 1-800-912-9561 or email medinfo.torrent@apcerls.com.
Any general questions are being handled by Qualanex and they can be reached at 1-888-280-2040.