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FDA recalls some ER metformin for NDMA impurity

Some extended-release formulations of the diabetes drug metformin contained levels of a nitrosamine impurity falling above the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) acceptable intake limit, ...
Light Wave Reports on MSN

Your metformin may have contained a cancer-causing chemical. Here's how to file a claim.

Metformin is one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in America — a frontline treatment for Type 2 diabetes taken by ...
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FDA names five companies recalling NDMA-contaminated metformin

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Thursday that five companies have now voluntarily recalled extended-release metformin drugs because of elevated levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine ...
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FDA investigating whether diabetes drug Metformin contains probable carcinogen

A drug often prescribed to diabetes patients is being investigated for traces of a probable carcinogen after it was recalled abroad, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. Health officials are ...
Reuters

U.S. FDA finds high levels of carcinogen in diabetes drug metformin

(Reuters) - The U.S Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it had found high levels of a possible cancer-causing impurity in some versions of the popular diabetes drug metformin. The agency is ...