Testing Ranitidine With Too Much Heat Could Generate NDMA, FDA Says

FDA recommends using "Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Method" for testing ranitidine rather than method apparently used by online pharmacy Valisure, which asked agency to halt production and order recalls.

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The US Food and Drug Administration says reports of high levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine in the histamine-2 blocker ranitidine resulted from a third-party laboratories' use of the incorrect test for the drug ingredient.

The FDA on 2 October announced a recommendation to use the "Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Method" (LC-HRMS) for testing...

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