By James Cirrone For Dailymail.Com
A whopping 135 batches of blood pressure medication have been recalled over fears that the pill capsules won’t properly dissolve when ingested by patients.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals initiated a voluntary recall of 114 batches of 750 mg Potassium Chloride in bottles containing 100 and 500 pills, with all of the specific batch numbers and expiration dates listed in a document circulated by the FDA.
Likewise, American Health Packaging voluntarily recalled 21 batches of the same medicine on behalf of BluePoint Laboratories.
According to a company announcement, the failed dissolution of the potassium chloride extended release capsules could cause high potassium levels in the blood, also known as hyperkalemia.
Hyperkalemia can cause an ‘irregular heart beat that can lead to cardiac arrest.’