2023-10-30 21:33:30
Caution in people being treated for hypertension. The national agency for the safety of medicines and health products has launched a recall of several batches of Amlodipine for a dosage error. Here’s everything you need to know.
If we are used to recall procedures when it comes to food products, we are less so for medicinal products which can have much greater side effects or even risks to the health of the people to whom they are prescribed. This Friday, October 27, 2023, the national agency for the safety of medicines and health products launched an alert concerning a drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure and the preventive treatment of angina: Amlodipine.
This recall procedure not only concerns patients, but also pharmacies and healthcare establishments offering the product. Indeed, we can read on the ANSM website that “ packs of Amlodipine EG 5 mg were packaged in boxes of Amlodipine EG 10 mg », a conditioning error which can be dangerous in the case of diseases which affect the heart such as cases of Prinzmetal’s angina, spasms of the coronary artery.
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A batch placed on the market since June 21, 2023
This packaging error was notified by the EG Labo laboratory concerning batches A53014 of boxes of Amlodipine EG of 5 and 10 mg of 30 capsules whose expiry date is 02/2028 and placed on the market since June 2023. ANSM invites pharmacists who have sold Amlodipine to contact their patients “for them to carry out a verification“. If they are in possession of one of these boxes, they are therefore invited to return the medication so that it can be replaced as soon as possible.
This dosing error is a clear risk of underdosing for patients which can lead to a reduction in the effectiveness of the drug which can lead to certain symptoms common to hypertension such as headaches, shortness of breath or even dizziness. It is therefore important to carefully check the batch number on your box of Amlodipine.
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