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5 Things You Should Know about Blood Pressure Drug Recalls

The rash of recalls involving dozens of lots of blood pressure drugs found to be tainted with carcinogens and sourced from China has raised the ire of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Some of the factories were already under fire for faulty manufacturing practices before the cancer-causing agents — N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), and N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) — were found, USA Today said. Once the carcinogens were found and the recalls began, the FDA reported that,...