The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety ordered minimized use of the smoking-cessation treatment, ‘varenicline.’ The measure was announced 3 weeks after safety investigations had started for the products, from the 22nd of last month.

The MFDS announced that it has issued a Dear Healthcare Professional Letter regarding the precautions to take when prescribing and using smoking cessation treatment aids using ‘varenicline,’ with regards to the recall of these products abroad due to N-nitroso-varenicline impurities found in some of its products.

The MFDS explained that the letter was issued as a precautionary measure for domestic HCPs and patients, as the possibility of nitrosamine impuriti