Losartan Recall (Blood Pressure Medicine): Third Possible Cancer Agent - NMBA
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A widespread recall of common blood pressure and heart failure medications has been expanded to include more drugs containing losartan. The recall is due to an "impurity" that is classified as a potential human carcinogen.
The impurity, N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid or NMBA, is also classified as a known animal carcinogen, the US Food And Drug Administration noted in a news release about the recall Friday.
Camber Pharmaceuticals Inc. voluntarily recalled 87 lots of losartan tablets in the United States on Thursday. The recalled tablets, made by Hetero Labs Ltd. In India and distributed by Camber Pharmaceuticals, were found to contain trace amounts of the impurity.
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Starting in July, separate lots of ARB blood pressure and heart failure medications from various companies were recalled around the world, including in the United States, due to containing similar impurities that are potential or suspected human carcinogens: N-nitrosodimethylamine or NDMA and N-nitrosodiethylamine or NDEA.
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Now, the FDA is "deeply concerned" about the presence of a third impurity in certain ARB medications, Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said in the news release. NMBA had not been found in previously recalled ARB products, but the FDA continues its investigations.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/health/losartan-recall-bn/index.html
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