Pfizer issued a voluntary recall for three of its Blood Pressure medicines that present significant cancer risks to the people that use them and the many disputes it has with its current creation. The US Food and Drug Administration also proposed the chances that it found with the drugs, focusing on an advisory for Pfizer and the public for this issue. 

Pfizer Issues Voluntary Recall for Blood Pressure Medicine

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A picture shows the company logo at the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer plant in Puurs, northeast Belgium, on December 23, 2020, on the day trucks carrying the first batches of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) vaccines for EU citizens left the plant, ahead of a rollout across the 27-nation bloc. - Member states are set to start issuing the Pfizer-BioNTech inoculations from December 27 after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Union's medicines regulator gave the green light on December 21.

The famous American biopharmaceutical company recalls its blood pressure medicine over the cancer risks it may bring and other effects to the body. Pfizer's ACCURETICTM (quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide), quinapril and hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, and quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide are the ones concerned in this recall. 

The company said that the content that concerns them is the presence of N-nitroso- Quinapril Content that may present a significant risk to a person and their body. The trouble is great considering that prescription medications for blood pressure are focused on drug maintenance that people afflicted with the condition will need to take regularly. 

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FDA Presents Risks on Pfizer Drugs

The FDA released a fact sheet for the N-Nitrosamine components present in humans' drugs, especially its adverse health effects for those that regularly take it. The Pfizer drug's main takeaway is its increased risk of developing cancer in the different parts of the body, being a dangerous drug more than its help to hypertension patients. 

Pfizer and its Health Offers

Pfizer is a famous pharmaceutical company that produces drugs for many ailments, diseases, and illnesses that need its healing properties to add to the body. The company is also renowned for its COVID-19 response that focused on a vaccine to protect the public from the virus by boosting the immunity of its recipients with the mRNA properties it developed.

The company also aims to deliver COVID-19 pills that will help those infected with the virus, but it is not yet widely available to the public. The medicine would work on an as-needed basis. It will help provide a way to counteract its effects when present in one's body, working like anti-flu medicine or anti-fever that are readily available for purchase. 

The blood pressure medications are also part of Pfizer's development for a long time now, and the company's current release focused on some flaws that may risk the health more than protect it. For now, the most important thing to do is to return the medicines and focus on alternative or equal brands in pharmacies now. 

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