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Hongkongers taking popular blood pressure medication told to carry on, despite fears that it could give them cancer

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Tens of thousands of Hongkongers prescribed a common blood pressure drug recalled last month have been advised to continue taking it – despite patients having a one in 5,000 risk of developing cancer. Medical experts said on Saturday that patients should not stop ­taking the recalled drug without consulting doctors, as the risk, ­assessed by the European ­Medicines Agency in its latest ­announcement, was not immediate and less than that involved if the patients stopped...

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