(NaturalHealth365) Most people assume that the drugs they are using either by prescription or off store shelves will be labeled correctly. It’s the sort of thing you hope you can take for granted. However, a recent incident involving blood pressure medication made by Accord Healthcare indicates that this isn’t always the case.

The pharmaceutical company was forced to issue a voluntary recall across the nation for their hydrochlorothiazide product, a popular blood pressure medication. The medication was discovered to be mislabeled; instead of hydrochlorothiazide, the bottles contained spironolactone – an edema medication for persons suffering from organ failure.

Drug dangers of taking mislabeled medication could be deadly

The labels on the affected bottles indicate they contain 100 tablets of hydrochlorothiazide, 12.5-milligrams each. However, they actually contain spironolactone (100 25-milligram tablets). This…