13,000 bottles of blood pressure medication are being recalled nationwide: What to look out for

Blood pressure medication is one of the most common types of medicines in use in the United States. But this month, a nationwide recall has impacted more than 13,000 bottles of blood pressure medication due to a possibility that the drug may not work as expected. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Earlier this month, Inventia Healthcare Limited, a pharmaceutical company based in India, initiated a voluntary recall of one of its Chlorthalidone-based blood pressure medications. However, this recall wasn’t widely publicized until later this month, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted an enforcement report in which the agency categorized the recall with a Class II designation. A Class II Recall is one in which the “ use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote,” according to the FDA. A Class II categorization is the second-highest designation a recall can receive. According ot the FDA’s enforcement report, the reason for the recall is “Failed Dissolution Specifications.” As noted by Good Housekeeping, the Chlort…