Notice to Veterans that take BP meds

2gypsies wrote:

pasusan wrote:
This doesn't surprise me, although it should surprise all of us that our pharmaceutical companies sell us medications made in China.

If a U.S. manufacturer has a plant in China it will be overseen by the U.S. company - strictly.

true depending on the definition of "overseen" but many/most of these foreign goods are just purchased by the american company and are not owned by the US company. they are also "overseen" by the US FDA to a certain degree.
bumpy

pasusan wrote:
This doesn't surprise me, although it should surprise all of us that our pharmaceutical companies sell us medications made in China.

If a U.S. manufacturer has a plant in China it will be overseen by the U.S. company - strictly.

Lisinopril is a different class of blood pressure medicine. It is an Ace inhibitor. A lot of the generic forms of these type of medications end in "pril".

Valsartan is in a class called Angiotensin receptor blockers. A lot of the generic forms of these types of medicines and in "sartan". The brand name for Valsartan is Diovan. Losartan (brand name Cozaar) is in the same class and is much cheaper than Valsartan.

I take Lisinopril.Hope it is not another name for it.

pasusan wrote:
This doesn't surprise me, although it should surprise all of us that our pharmaceutical companies sell us medications made in China.

The same thing has happened since at least 2007 with some blood pressure medications.


Let's trust Chinese meds, but not the NYT. :R

Exactly. Chinese quality control is notoriously lax--China bombs, lead paint on kids toys, melamine tainted formula killing infants, and on and on--yet our pharmaceutical companies seem unconcerned, preferring to just deal with problems after the fact.

This doesn't surprise me, although it should surprise all of us that our pharmaceutical companies sell us medications made in China.

The same thing has happened since at least 2007 with some blood pressure medications.


Let's trust Chinese meds, but not the NYT. :R

Bumpyroad wrote:
One problem with this thread is that folks are confusing the product manufacturer and the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer. evidently the manufacturer of the API is the one that changed manufacturing methods/processes and caused this impurity to exist. this would of course be in violation of the New Drug Application requirements.
It is theoretically possible that that supplier in India, and others, actually obtain the API from the chinese firm.
and knowing the manufacturer of the finished drug product gives you no knowledge as to who manufactured the API.
bumpy

Then again it's totally possible that the Indian company is manufacturing the API itself which they could do cheaply enough.

Until they find out otherwise I'm not going to worry myself to death about it.

Or maybe I should have a panic attack because they might have gotten it from China and two other medications that I'm taking were manufactured in India.

azdryheat wrote:
Sorry, I'd have to have from another source as I don't believe a word the NYT says.

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Azdryheat wins the internet today for derailing a sincere thread on the very first response! Way to go buddy. You get a gold star too!

One problem with this thread is that folks are confusing the product manufacturer and the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer. evidently the manufacturer of the API is the one that changed manufacturing methods/processes and caused this impurity to exist. this would of course be in violation of the New Drug Application requirements.
It is theoretically possible that that supplier in India, and others, actually obtain the API from the chinese firm.
and knowing the manufacturer of the finished drug product gives you no knowledge as to who manufactured the API.
bumpy