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A Canadian class action lawsuit aims to hold numerous drug companies accountable for allegedly selling heartburn medication Zantac that was contaminated with a carcinogen.
The Zantac class action lawsuit was filed by M. Royer, a Quebec resident who reportedly purchased Zantac that was contaminated.
He aims to represent a Class of all Canadian residents who purchased the allegedly contaminated drug, and a subclass of all Quebec residents who did the same.
The Canada Zantac class action lawsuit names multiple drug companies as defendants, including Sanofi Consumer Health, GlaxoSmithKline, Sandoz Canada, Pharmascience, Apotex, Pro Doc, Sanis Health, and Sivem Pharmacueticals. The companies are all allegedly makers of contaminated Zantac, also sold in its generic form ranitidine.
According to Royer, Zantac is the best-selling drug in history due to the drug companies’ marketing. Allegedly, Zantac’s popularity in Canada was only possible because the drug companies misrepresented it to consumers as being a safe way to treat heartburn and gained profits from this deception.
The companies reportedly sell the drug throughout Canada without disclosing that it may contain N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a possible carcinogen. Royer stresses that the World Health Organization has deemed NDMA “clearly carcinogenic,” and Health Canada calls it a “probable human carcinogen.”
The carcinogen can appear in some foods and can be formed in the stomach during digestion of foods that contain alkylamine, a naturally occurring substance. However, Royer says that NDMA may be present in high levels in Zantac drugs and its presence may be dangerous to consumers. Allegedly, reports have discovered levels of NDMA in Zantac that may be as much as 26,000 times greater than safe levels.
Royer stresses that this could put many Canadian consumers at risk because many take Zantac over long periods of time and this extended use may increase the amount of NDMA that consumers could ingest. The plaintiff supports this by saying that when Zantac was tested “in conditions simulating the human stomach,” the amount of NMDA discovered was around 3,171 times more than what can be safely ingested on a daily basis.
The Canada Zantac class action lawsuit says that the drug companies knew or should have known that the drug was contaminated before they put it on the market.
Allegedly, multiple studies were published during the time that the companies manufactured and distributed the drug that showed the contamination. However, the companies reportedly failed to warn consumers despite their knowledge.
Similar concerns over contamination have affected U.S. consumers, as well. The drug has been subjected to some recalls as a result of the potential contamination.
Have you used Zantac or ranitidine? Let us know in the comment section below.
Royer is represented by Andrea Grass of the Consumer Law Group Inc.
The Canada Zantac NDMA Contamination Class Action Lawsuit is M. Royer v. Sanofi Consumer Health Inc., et al., Case No. 500-06-001023-197, in the Canada Superior Court in the Providence of Quebec for the District of Montreal.
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89 thoughts onCanada Zantac Class Action Filed Over Unsafe Levels of Carcinogen
My husband took Zantac and ranadine for many years he was diagnosed with stage four thyroid cancer four years ago .
I took Zantac for years until it was recalled and my pharmacist had my doctor switch it to something else. I’m July 2019 I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Would like some more information!
I took zantac for several years. I thought it was a prescription drug until recently when I saw it in the store. In 2017 I was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. I had several sessions of chemo therapy, a left mastectomy, and radiation treatment. My survival was in question, and a miracle that I am very thankful for.
I am interested to know whether my cancer was caused by a drug.
I took Zantac for years, last year I had emergency surgery on my bowels to remove a tumor that caused intercepsesion (not sure on the spelling) and was diagnosed with non Hodgkins lymphoma had 6 months of chemotherapy.
I have taken Zantac for years for heart burn. In 2015 I was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent surgery successfully, and in 2018 I underwent radiation and chemo therapy for a cancerous tumour in my head, between the base of my scull and the top of my spine. Would appreciate any acknowledgement from you if this would be of any help. I have very detailed information from both cancer diagnosis’s if required.
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My father died of esophageal cancer in February 2019. He took Zantac for years as prescribed by various doctors never heard of any risks of cancer.
Yes, I took Zantac for a number of years and I have cancer
My husband took Ranitidine 150mg every night and sometimes morning for definately 25yrs or longer. He now has stage 4 advanced metastatic esophageal cancer leading to his stomach. It is not curable. I want to have my husband included in this lawsuit. So this type of negligence never happy again.
I took ZanTac for heartburn (just one packet from Shopper’s Drugmart in 2011) and then started having several stomach problems since them. I had one treatment after another but it is not working. Now, I was referred to a Specialist. I am on a second doze of medications for stomach infections after endoscopy but I think my doctors are missing the diagnosis here because it keeps on getting worse. Any advice please? I am still under 40 and my doctors say I should not worry for Cancer right now. This makes me believe they are not testing me for any stomach cancer. Any help?
Husband took rantitadine for years. Told to quit by pharmacy in August 2019. August 2019, saw doctor for physical and was in good health. By the end of Sept.,started developing swallowing problems. October 4 diagnosed with metastasized esophogeal cancer, stage 4 , which was now in his spine,liver,lymph nodes and stomachs. Given 3-4 months to live. He died christmas day, Dec 25,2019.