Pfizer recalls Accupril blood pressure tablets due to a nitrosamine impurity

Contamination

Date

2022-04-21

Country

Canada

Product

Accupril (quinapril hydrochloride) and Accuretic (quinapril hydrochloride and hydrochlorothiazide)

Category

Drugs & medical

Source

Health Canada

Copied automatically from the Government of Canada. Details may be shortened or out of date; the official notice is the authoritative source. Disclaimer

What to do

1. Check the product name, strength and lot number against the official notice.
2. Do not stop a prescribed medicine without talking to your doctor or pharmacist first.
3. Ask the pharmacy or supplier about a replacement or refund.

General guidance from Recall Atlas. The official notice from the Government of Canada has the exact models, batch codes and remedy, and it takes priority.

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