The Main Pharmaceutical Inspectorate issued a decision to withdraw from the market other drugs that lower blood pressure.
The alert was released on February 1. These are the following drugs:
— Apo-Lozart 50 mg, Apo-Lozart 100 mg
— Loreblok 50 mg, Loreblok HCT 50 mg + 12,5 mg.
In both, contamination with the same hazardous substance was detected.
Every third adult Pole suffers from hypertension in Poland. A large part of this population of several million is unaware of the problem and therefore does not receive any treatment. Among people aware of their own disease, many are inadequately treated: they take medications irregularly or not at all, in too low doses, etc. Unfortunately, many years of poor blood pressure control have a detrimental effect on the functioning of the circulatory system and kidneys, causing numerous complications that are dangerous to health and life.
Read about the causes of high blood pressure and how to fight it.