More than 11,000 bottles of a widely prescribed blood pressure medication have been recalled nationwide, not because the drug is contaminated, but because the tablets may not dissolve properly once swallowed. For patients with hypertension, that distinction matters greatly: a blood pressure pill that does not dissolve correctly may not control blood pressure at all.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, more than 11,400 bottles of prescription chlorthalidone pills are affected. On June 5, the drug's manufacturer, India-based Inventia Healthcare Limited, initiated a voluntary recall of certain lots of its 25-mg chlorthalidone tablets. The FDA classified it as a Class II recall on June 22.
