Overprescribed

It was announced this week that one lot (affecting about 46,000 bottles of pills) of Abbott Healthcare's hydrochlorothiazide tablets will be recalled due to a "mis-labeling" issue. That's fine, but what does this mean for U.S. consumers and are drug recalls common? Show note links: Read the FDA's announcement about this hydrochlorothiazide recall. Learn more about the definition of a drug recall here. ---------- Enjoying the show?  Support our Patreon page. Got side effects? Report them to the FDA today!  They are limited in what they can do and how quickly they can act to help protect Americans from harmful adverse drug reactions without these reports.  Without YOUR report. So, call 1-800-332-1088 or report online at www.fda.gov/medwatch