Pulled From Shelves: Heart Risk Medications Prompt Global Health Alert

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Health authorities—including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and others—are now actively pulling or restricting certain drugs linked to clot-related events.

The drugs raising red flags fall into several categories:

  • Hormonal contraceptives, particularly third-generation birth control pills
  • Anti-inflammatory drugs, including some over-the-counter pain relievers
  • Weight loss medications, especially appetite suppressants
  • COVID-19-related treatments, including rare cases linked to specific vaccine formulations

Depending on the country, some of these medications have already been suspended or withdrawn from pharmacies. Others remain under close review, with doctors advised to use them only in low-risk patients or under specific circumstances.

What’s especially alarming is that the risk isn’t limited to young people. Seniors with existing conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, or a family history of clotting disorders may face heightened dangers when taking these medications.

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