Blood pressure tablets used by millions urgently recalled

Only later did regulators confirm which medicine was involved. The alert concerns packs of 5mg ramipril produced by Crescent Pharma Limited. Some of these boxes may contain amlodipine tablets instead of ramipril. Patients are advised to check the batch number GR164099 printed on the outer carton and look at the labels on the blister strips inside.

If the blister strips say amlodipine instead of ramipril, the pack should be returned to a pharmacy. Boxes containing correctly labelled ramipril tablets can continue to be used as normal. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) says the overall risk is considered low because both medicines are used to treat high blood pressure.