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US FDA Finds Zantac Poses Little Risk, But Concerns Linger

 
• By Bowman Cox

Ranitidine no more carcinogenic than grilled meat, the FDA’s Woodcock says, with NDMA levels well below those claimed by Valisure.

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zantac takes a grilling from the fda • Source: Shutterstock

Based on its test results to date, the US Food and Drug Administration 1 November again refrained from calling for consumers and patients to stop taking ranitidine products due to concerns about nitrosamine impurities that could cause cancer.

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