Is your blood pressure medication on the recall list? Find out here

The recall for medication used to treat high blood pressure has been expanded by the FDA four times now and the number of medications falling under that recall has become daunting.

Thankfully, the FDA has created a database to assist patients with high blood pressure in checking to see if their prescribed medications are on the list. You can find that searchable database at the bottom of this page or

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According to the FDA, those recalls, which began in June of 2018, involve a number of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), a type of medication used to treat high blood pressure, which include the drugs valsartan, losartan, irbesartan, candesartan, eprosartan, olmesartan, and telmisartan.

Generic versions of the drugs have been found to include impurities known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) and N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA), all of which are either cancer-causing (NDMA and NDEA) or possible human carcinogens (NMBA). The FDA says most medicines have been found to contain these impurities above acceptible rates.

Some losartan drugs which contain NMBA at certain levels have not been recalled, says the agency, and not all ARBs have been affected by the recall. To find out if yours has, use the searchable list below, or

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