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For a full list of products land.com Health Canada spokes- containing the recalled ® § C : ® person Maryse Durette valsartan, visit N ot 4 C oy oO O nN st r ul ct i O n Since therecentrecallof says the recall occurred Ju- HealthyCanadians.gc.ca. 'Bronte Street Reconstruction - Phase 1 several blood pressure drugs containing valsar- ly 9, while a notice listing the affected drugs on the his pharmacist>a couple tan, pharmacist Zak Patel federal Healthy Canadians days after the recall, warn- (Main Street West to Victoria Sweet) has been getting lots of website is dated July 10. ing him to stop taking the rrr meme --~ Me -------------- ye calls from his customers. The valsartan from Zhe- drug. He feels the govern- The Town of Milton will be undertaking the reconstruction of Bronte Street from approximately 75 metres south of Main Street West to Victoria- Street. The construction contract has been awarded to Graham Brothers Patel, who owns a pharma- cy in Milton, says people want to know if they should jiang Huahai was found to contain N-nitrosodimethy- 'lamine (NDMA), a chemi- ment should have done more to alert people that their medicine could be Construction Ltd., who will be on site the week of July 23, 2018 to stop taking their medica- cal classified as a probable causing cancer, and says begin work. tion - especially after learn- carcinogen. Durette said even his doctor hadn't 9 : ing some valsartan prod- she did not have details on heard of the recall when he Reconstruction work includes the reconstruction of the intersection of Main ucts may be contaminated the cancer risk associated first reached out. Street West and Bronte Street, including replacement of the traffic signals, with a carcinogen. with the drugs, or the type It would seem to me excavation, drainage, curb and gutter, pathway, sidewalk, topsoil and sod. 4 is Biviee to SHyonS of Cece ay con ease Se Thorpis Jeng dissoutn While reasonable steps will be taken to minimize impacts, traffic delays VI) QuesOnS Sy yuupe: : ALAR 15 Worle: on... De ween ihe rned Don't panic, then talk to ingwiththecompaniesand profession and health min- are expected. Access to all businesses and emergency services will be maintained during construction. Start date: July 2018 End date; October 2018 Main Steet to, Victoria Street a RECON Un Copyright 2048: Town of Millon, Tempe inc. | 0% wa 4 your pharmacist about whether your drugs are part of the recall. "Not all lots (of each product) are affected," he explained, - adding that there are numerous drugs containing valsartan on the market and many of them aren't part of the re- call. "Somebody might stop it for no reason or get it switched for no reason. Anything that has been re- called is legally removed from the pharmacy shelves that day of the recall." Valsartan is typically. international regulatory partners to determine the cause ofdthis issue and con- firm that any necessary corrective actions are tak- en, as well as working to identify how long the prob- lem may have existed," she said July 18. "Health Cana- - da will take further action and inform Canadians should any new safety in- formation become avail- able." According to a report published by Reuters on July 17, exposure to NDMA can cause cancer with long- istry to the detriment of the public," Davidson said. "It doesn't satisfy the anxiety. People of that age group can be very easily upset by changes to routines or me- dications." He said he's appalled that the government hasn't provided more information about therisks. "Whereisit going to cause the cancer if it does?" Patel, the pharmacist, believes the chances of get- ting cancer from these me- dications are likely quite low. He says each lot of the used to treat blood pres- term use. It said the Euro- drug would have been test- nd : : sure' and cardiovascular pean Medicines Agency be- ed by the government. - The schedule is subject to change due to weather and construction scheduling. For conditions. Health Canada ~ lieves the contaminant It's just like baking a updates, visit www.milton.ca/Roads and the Town's Facebook and Twitter feeds. For more information, please contact: Patrick Charron, P. Eng. Project Manager, Infrastructure Engineering Services Paul Craig Contract Administrator WSP Canada Group Ltd. 2; says it learned June 27 - about a "potential issue re- lated to an impurity" in some valsartan being used in Canadian drugs. After contacting the pharmaceutical companies using it and doing some ad- may have been in Zhejiang Huahai's valsartan since 2012. : The lack of firm answers or information on the risk has upset Burlington resi- dent Bruce Davidson, who says he's been taking the cake, and sometimes you get a bad batch," he-said. He noted there are likely to be:shortages of non-con- taminated valsartan-based drugs, but pointed out that there are lots of other op- tions for patients that won't -