In fact, this is not the first time that antihypertensive drugs have been recalled because they contain carcinogens.
As a first-line clinical drug for the treatment of essential hypertension, Sartan antihypertensive drugs are widely used around the world due to their clear antihypertensive effect, good cardiorenal effects, and fewer adverse reactions.
However, in the past few years, Sartan drugs have been recalled multiple times in 18, 19, and 20 due to toxic impurities.
This undoubtedly makes many patients with hypertension very worried.
among the recalled drugs.
There are not only original drugs from major manufacturers like Pfizer, but also generic drugs from generic drug giant Teva.
Not only do excipients used in the pharmaceutical process retain carcinogenic impurities, but even raw materials also have the problem of toxic impurities remaining.
Not only have imported drugs been found to have problems in China, but also APIs and generic drugs exported by domestic pharmaceutical companies to Europa have been found to be toxic.
In short, similar problems have been emerging one after another, which shows the huge safety risks. No wonder the patients are scared to death, fearing that they will be the accident, and want to change antihypertensive drugs as soon as possible.
You know, the average chronic disease patient, if he finds a suitable drug, will continue to take it and rarely change medications.
After all, everyone’s condition and physical condition are different, and their tolerance to different drugs is even more different.
It is not easy to find a drug that has relatively few side effects and is always effective, so naturally it will not be replaced at will.
This time, too, patients were frightened by rumors of cancer, so they asked for a change in medication.
The patient actually didn't understand the specific details. He just felt that this drug kept causing problems and caused cancer, so it was obviously no longer possible to use it.
Even if the doctor earnestly advises that the risk of cancer is actually very small, and not all sartan drugs have problems, and they can completely switch to the manufacturer's original drug, the patient still refuses to take in salt and oil, and insists on being unwavering.
And antihypertensive drugs cannot be stopped, and doctors are actually worried about which drug is better.
Common antihypertensive drugs include diuretics, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, acei, a
etc., but several of them are mired in cancer-causing rumors.
For example, hydrochlorothiazide, a common diuretic, has recently been reported to have the potential to induce skin cancer, and has even been classified as a Category 2b carcinogen.
According to reports in medical journals, people who use acei drugs for a long time may increase their chance of developing lung cancer by 14%.
Therefore, from a safety perspective, there are currently several fewer antihypertensive drugs available.
Although these cancer-causing rumors have not been clarified and can only be regarded as rumors, patients obviously will not bet on this possibility.
During this period, many patients and doctors have turned gray with worry.
Fortunately, Sanqing's antihypertensive drugs are now available.
The patients in the patient group were all excited. Many people contacted their doctors that night and went to the outpatient clinic early the next morning for dressing changes.
The news quickly spread among patients and doctors.
Doctors are also somewhat curious about Sanqing's new antihypertensive drugs and want to personally witness their effects on patients.
Box after box of antihypertensive drugs were quickly distributed to patients.
The patient group also became excited one by one.
"Have you taken any medicine? How do you feel?"
"How about what? It's just normal. How can it still make the whole body full of strength? This is an antihypertensive drug, not a powerful pill."
"Old man Zhang, your mouth is really good at talking. I'm just going to ask casually. Good guy, you talk so much like a machine gun."
"Don't change the topic. Let everyone talk about their feelings."
"The palpitations have disappeared, my head is no longer dizzy, and I feel very good."
"I used to take other antihypertensive drugs and I always had a feeling of nausea and vomiting, but I don't have it now."
"After taking this medicine, the biggest feeling is that I feel much more normal and there are no more weird symptoms."
"I agree. After eating, my blood pressure has been very stable. Since there are no adverse reactions, I have the illusion that I am back before I got sick."
"It seems that everyone is very impressed with the Sanqing antihypertensive drug, but you still need to take it for a few more days before taking a look. The side effects of some drugs can only be revealed after long-term use, and may not be discovered after taking it a few times."
"I was probably the first batch to get it. I have been eating it for several days. I feel very good and have the illusion that I have recovered my health. Haha."
"If you keep taking it, there will be no adverse reactions, and your blood pressure will be stable, then you will be no different from a healthy person."
"Yes, isn't that the point of taking medicine?"
"Anyway, I've been taking it for a few days and I'm convinced by Sanqing's antihypertensive drugs. I decided to keep taking it and see what happens."
"I'm also looking forward to the long-term effects of taking it. I'm very confident in Sanqing. Let's wait and see."
"This time around the cancer-causing antihypertensive drugs, thanks to our Sanqing, we were able to change the drugs so smoothly."
"Isn't that right? For each of the other antihypertensive drugs, the doctor told me a series of adverse reactions. It made me shiver. Several of them may cause cancer. Only Sanqing's antihypertensive drugs, what's the doctor like? He didn’t even say anything, he just prescribed it to me. Oh, no, he said ‘take one pill a day’.”
"I have a distant relative who immigrated to Eagle Country. He also has high blood pressure, so I told him about the recall of Sartan medicine. What do you think he said? He thought I was lying to him, and he didn't believe me. He also said How can foreign medicine be poisonous? Haha, fried chicken really makes people stupid."
"Isn't it because after you bought someone's house, you kept telling him that domestic housing prices have dropped a lot?"
"It's just that you don't have any idea in your mind? People don't believe you because you always lie to them."
"Tch, I'm doing this for his own good. He sold his real estate in a first-tier city and immigrated to a lighthouse country. I took advantage and can't rub salt in his wounds. They are all relatives. How can I be embarrassed? So I have to comfort him. His house price has dropped a lot, who knew he actually believed it? There is no Internet wall there, so he can’t see what’s going on in China? It’s my fault too!”
"Okay, stop arguing. This is a group of patients, not a group of real estate speculators."
The group of patients was silent for a while, and suddenly a person with the ID name "Old Man Zhang" asked.
"I just watched the news carefully. Why is this sartan drug only recalled abroad and not domestically?"
"The doctor just prescribed me a month of irbesartan last week. Can I take it back?"
These words seemed to speak to everyone's thoughts, and people kept asking the same question.
"Since this drug has the risk of causing cancer, it should be withdrawn, right? I still have half a month's worth of doses, and they were all bought with real money."
"I swiped the social security card, but this also accounts for my limit. If it can be refunded, it will naturally be refunded."
"It's too late now. I'll go to the hospital tomorrow to ask."
"Okay, I'm going too."
