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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drug makers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical. New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and drugs distributor Amerisource Health Services issued voluntary nationwide recalls earlier this month of more than 580,000 bottles of various strengths of prazosine capsules, …

More than half a million bottles of blood pressure medication have been recalled for containing higher levels of a carcinogenic substance than allowed. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA of New Jersey originally issued the recall earlier this month for capsules of prazosin hydrochloride that it distributed. Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified the recall as a Class II risk …