US FDA Finds Zantac Poses Little Risk, But Concerns Linger

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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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.

Agency tests found the N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) nitrosamine impurity in a range of oral solid and oral liquid dosage forms from 12 manufacturers, but generally at levels below the

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