Cancer Risk Found; Stores Pull Tainted Zantac from Shelves
Business Wars Daily
Wondery
4.6 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2019
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today is Monday, October 7, and we’re looking at Zantac vs. Pepcid.
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| 1:08.9 | Happy Monday, everyone. |
| 1:10.5 | Hopefully Mondays don't give you heartburn. |
| 1:12.8 | If they do, though, be careful what you take to ease the pain. CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, and Walmart have pulled Zantak from their shelves after the FDA announced that it found a probable carcinogen in the drug. |
| 1:25.9 | Zantac is one of the most popular over-the-counter heartburn remedies in America |
| 1:29.3 | and is also sold in prescription dosages. |
| 1:32.6 | The substance-causing alarm is known as NDMA. |
| 1:36.6 | It's believed to cause liver and lung cancer in humans if ingested in significant quantities. |
| 1:42.2 | The problem first came to light when an online pharmacy called |
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