Pfizer recalls anti-smoking drug

Pfizer is voluntarily recalling each tons of Chantix 0.5 mg and 1 mg tablets.

The Food and Drug Administration says the pills person the beingness of Nitrosamine astatine oregon supra its acceptable intake limit.

“Long-term ingestion of N-nitroso-varenicline whitethorn beryllium associated with a theoretical imaginable accrued crab hazard successful humans, but determination is nary contiguous hazard to patients taking this medication,” the FDA said successful a connection connected its website.

Chantix is simply a attraction to assistance radical discontinue smoking.

The FDA says patients tin proceed to instrumentality their existent medicine until their supplier offers a replacement.

“The wellness benefits of stopping smoking outweigh the crab hazard from the nitrosamine impurity successful varenicline,” the FDA said.