FDA Says Zantac Should Be Pulled From Market, Citing Cancer Risk

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The FDA has ordered manufacturers to immediately pull all prescription and over-the-counter versions of the heartburn medication Zantac, citing concern that a contaminant poses a cancer risk.

, explained in a statement Wednesday."However, since we don't know how or for how long the product might have been stored, we decided that it should not be available to consumers and patients unless its quality can be assured.", a company that does safety testing on popular drugs, discovered the contaminant in alarming levels.

"Our tests in lab conditions seem to pretty clearly show that the drug is able to degrade into NDMA by itself, either in the tablet or actually in the human body," Valisure founder and CEO David Light recalled in a conversation with NPRThe FDA said Wednesday that it is sending letters to all ranitidine manufacturers recommending that they pull their products from the market.

 

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