One of the leading heartburn drugs called Zantac is continuing to be investigated by The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because of a chemical that was found in the pills. The chemical is known as N-nitrosodimethylamine(NDMA), can cause cancer if you get enough of it gets into your body. Zantac does not contain very much of the chemical NDMA. The FDA has found out that some blood pressure drugs contain the chemical NDMA in it are recalling the blood pressure drugs but are not recalling Zantac. Knowing how bad cancer is, I believe that the FDA should recall Zantac until they find a safer way to make it without having NDMA in it.
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Questions:
Do you think that the FDA should recall Zantac to try to find a safer way to make it?
I think that they should because I think the risk is to big.
If you were taking Zantac and found this out would you continue to take it or try to find something else?
If I was taking Zantac I think I would research to find a safer heartburn pill.
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Good summary Jameson. With so few replies, you should have commented to most of them.
I think that the should see or try and find a safer way or just take out N-nitrosodimethylamine since it causes cancer but it might not even help for heartburn. Well if I found out that the pill I was taking caused cancer I would defiantly switch to a different pill that would help.
I do think that they should recall Zantac. If i was taking Zantac, I would do more research on Zantac and try to find some other pill to take. I think that the FDA is recalling other drugs the should do it to Zantac.
I do think that the FDA should recall Zantac. There are other heartburn pills people can take while Zantac is recalled. If I was taking Zantac and found this out I would stop taking it and look for a heatburn pill that didn't have NDMA. I think it's dumb the FDA is recalling other drugs but not Zantac.
I do think that the FDA should recall the pills, especially if they are recalling other drugs for the same chemical that is found in it. Cancer is a very deadly and can lead to death. Even if the pill will help many people It can still cause cancer.
If I had heartburn and were taking a pill that contained chemicals that could give me cancer I would definetly stop taking that pill and find a better one. Even if the pill was the best on the market. I don't think that getting cancer is worth it.
if i were to find out that thier pills would be able to cuase cancer i would stop takeing the pills and find a nother solution to my heart burn issues
I agree with you. I believe that if there is even the slightest risk of getting cancer because of any drug, then the FDA should recall the drug. If I had any choice in the matter then I would have recalled the drug at the first signs that it could cause cancer.
If I had heartburn and were taking a pill that contained chemicals that could give me cancer I would definetly stop taking that pill and find a better one. Even if the pill worked really well, I don't think getting cancer is worth it.
Yes I think that is what I would try to do to. I think I would also go talk to my doctor and see what he recommends and do some research on what he recommends before I started to take it.