Drug Recalls – what you should know for patient care

Dr. Steven Nissen, Chief Academic Officer, Chief Academic Officer, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute talks with Dr. Jerry Estep, Section Head of the George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery and Brad Williams Pharm D, pharmacy specialist for heart failure about drug recalls. In light of the recent ARB recalls, these three medical experts discuss the ARB recall, how to keep current with new recalls, what physicians should do when a medication has been recalled, the challenges of generic medications, alternative medications for heart failure and hypertension, and when ARBs should be used.