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FDA recalls more than 233,000 bottles of antidepressant over possible cancerous chemical

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More than 233,000 bottles of an antidepressant have been recalled by public health officials due to a chemical containing the risk of cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Admin classified capsules of duloxetine, sold by New Jersey-based company Rising Pharmaceuticals, as a Class II risk on Dec. 5. The risk level is the FDA's second most severe level as it could cause "temporary or ...

Yahoo News · FDA recalls more than 233,000 bottles of antidepressant over possible cancerous chemicalBy Anthony Robledo and Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY

medically reversible adverse health consequences."

The bottles contain the "presence" of nitrosamine drug substance impurity, N-nitroso-duloxetine, that exceeds the recommended interim limit, according to the FDA.

Rising Pharmaceuticals, who the FDA reported issued a voluntary recall on Nov. 19, did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.

... More than 12 million bottles of blood pressure-lowering drugs such as valsartan & losartan have been removed ...

from the market since 2018 because they contained nitrosamines.

The same family of contaminants triggered past recalls of the heartburn drug Zantac, the diabetes drug metformin & the smoking cessation medication Chantix. ...