Thousands of units of a prescription medication used to treat high blood pressure were recently recalled and classified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to contamination, according to a notice issued by the agency on Dec. 1.
In a report published on Monday on the FDA’s website, more than 11,100 bottles of bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, USP, were recalled.
The reason for the recall is “cross contamination with other products” after “testing of reserve samples showed presence of traces of ezetimibe,” the FDA notice said. Ezetimibe is a prescription drug used to lower high blood cholesterol.
Bisoprolol is a beta blocker, used to slow the heart rate by relaxing blood vessels. Ezetimibe is a cholesterol absorption inhibitor….