It has emerged today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled Lupin Pharma’s blood pressure-lowering drug perindopril for “not meeting specifications overtime”.
So far the drug maker, Lupin Pharma, has denied the recall.
In February this year, Lupin Pharma recalled 14,000 bottles of Lisinopril (the generic name for perindopril) 30 mg tablets from the US market, after safety concerns. The company received complaints about bottles of Lisinopril tablets also containing tablets of Lupin’s imipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant.
Perindopril is in a group of drugs called ACE inhibitors, or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, which are primarily used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to prevent heart attacks in people with coronary artery disease. However, it is also prescribed (off label use) to lower cholesterol.
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