Ranitidine
The Drugs Containing Ranitidine Will Be Withdrawn from Bulgarian Market
The sale of medicines containing ranitidine will be stopped in Bulgaria. This was reported by the Bulgarian Drug Agency (BDA).
Third brand of ranitidine-based medication recalled in Greece
Following the recalls of the ranitidine-based heartburn drugs Zantac and Lumaren earlier this week, Greece's National Organisation for Medicines (EOF) on Friday also announced the voluntary recall of batches of the drug PTINOLIN inj. sol. 50mg/2amp.
One more brand of pills withdrawn over health risk
Greece's National Organisation for Medicines (EOF) announced it is recalling yet two more lines of an over-the-counter heartburn medication containing the drug ranitidine, over fears that production lines have been contaminated with the potential carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA.
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Popular heartburn pills withdrawn
Greece's EOF drug safety authority has recalled two widely used stomach acid blockers on the recommendation of the European and American authorities after laboratory tests found them to contain the potentially dangerous chemical NDMA (N-Nitroso-dimethylamine).
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