Accuretic users annoyed over contaminated blood pressure medication muddle

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4 July 2022 - Confusion continues as Kiwis learn months after the rest of the world that widely used blood pressure medication Accuretic has been contaminated with a carcinogenic.

Although PHARMAC has been aware for a “few months”, it didn’t announce that nitrosamine – a substance believed to increase the risk of cancer if ingested over a sustained period – had been detected in Accuretic until Thursday morning.

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