EU Suspends Ranitidine Medicines

In addition to deciding to suspend ranitidine-containing medicines, the European Medicines Agency has issued recommendations on testing patients for DPD deficiency before they are treated with fluorouracil or related medicines.

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EU regulators have now reviewed the safety of heartburn drug ranitidine • Source: Shutterstock

Ranitidine medicines are being suspended in the EU due to the presence of the nitrosamine impurity, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA).

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