Sam Seder
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3 Million Americans May Be Taking a Pharma Drug Tainted With Jet Fuel
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October 7, 2018
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18:28Now PlayingIn this Majority Report clip, wondering why your blood pressure pills taste like jet fuel?
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"(CNN)In the wake of a worldwide recall, patients prescribed several common drugs that contain valsartan must be wondering exactly how much of a cancer risk their medication may have posed.
Now, an expedited study suggests that there is no markedly increased short-term risk of overall cancer among users of valsartan contaminated with the impurity, N-nitrosodimethylamine or NDMA. However, more research is needed to assess long-term risk.
The study was published in the medical journal BMJ on Wednesday."
Certain products containing the valsartan ingredient, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure, were recalled in July by the US Food and Drug Administration and other agencies around the world due to an "impurity" in the drug that poses a potential cancer risk.
That impurity, NDMA, has been classified as a probable human carcinogen, based on lab test results. It may have contaminated certain valsartan batches since 2012."*
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