PodcastTurkish Health Ministry recalls stomach medicine containing carcinogenic ingredient
Turkey's Health Ministry recalled stomach medications containing active ingredient Nitrosodimethylamine on the grounds that the substance has carcinogenic properties.
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Turkey's Health Ministry issued a recall of all stomach medications containing the active ingredient Ranitidine, which the European Union (EU) and the United States have prohibited on the grounds that it has carcinogenic properties.
The medications in question were found to contain dangerous levels of Nitrosodimethylamine, the Health Ministry noted and issued an immediate recall of over a dozen medications.
The brand names for the medications in recall are: Ranitab, Mideran, Ragasit, Raniject, Ranitine, Raniver, Ranixel, Ranis, Ranobel, Risvom, Rozon, Ulcuran, Ultidin, Zandid, and Zantac.
The Health Ministry recalled stomach medications with the active ingredient domperidone in 2017, as the substance was suspected to cause eventual heart failure.
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