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Diabetes drug batch recalled in the UK over toxic contamination with potential cancer-causing substance
The UK’s drug regulator has ordered a small-scale recall of a popular diabetes drug after a checkup of pharmacies’ stockpiles found some of the medicine was contaminated with a toxic substance that is associated with cancer. The recall issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on Wednesday targets a single batch of metformin oral solution. The drug is mostly used to treat type 2 diabetes. The batch, which includes 10,452 units, had an elevated level of a substance called N-Nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA. It was shown to cause certain cancers in lab animals, which is why drug regulators consider it possibly

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