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Warning: Blood pressure medicine recalled over potentially deadly mix-up

Warning: Blood pressure medicine recalled over potentially deadly mix-up

If you or someone you know takes blood pressure medicine, check your prescription.

Accord Healthcare has issued a voluntary recall of one lot of hydrochlorothiazide tablets taken for high blood pressure after a label mix-up.

The bottles were supposed to contain hydrochlorothiazide tablets — a generic version of Microzide used to treat high blood pressure.

Instead, they contained spironolactone, a medication used to treat congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver and other ailments.

The FDA says that the effects of mixing up the medications depends on the individual, but can range from "limited" to life-threatening.

Those who are prescribed Accord’s hydrochlorothiazide tablets should make sure that the pills are a light orange color with a letter H on one side, and a number 1 on the other.

Consumers are urged to report any drugs that do not match that description and check with their pharmacist or doctor.