Potentially dangerous chemical found in heartburn pill Zantac [CBS News]
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Potentially dangerous chemical found in popular heartburn pill Zantac New York — The nation's three largest pharmacy chains — Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS — have stopped selling Zantac and its generic alternative. The heartburn drug, used by millions, was pulled after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned this month it may contain a potentially dangerous impurity. But a CBS News investigation reveals that it might not be just an "impurity" — but something much more serious. At a Connecticut lab, called Valisure, researchers test drugs from its own online pharmacy to check for purity and quality. Last spring, they decided to analyze a few heartburn drugs to see if they contained a chemical called NDMA, a probable carcinogen . That same chemical had led to recalls of some blood pressure pills in 2018. One medication stood out: Zantac and its generic version, Ranitidine. It had high levels of NDMA. "Ranitidine, the active ingredient in Zantac, appears to us to be a fundamen
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