The poisons board has on Thursday clarified that a hypertension drug once linked to cancer is safe.
Hydrochlorothiazide, an over the counter antihypertensive drug has been cleared by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) as safe and with no known such cancer causing effects.
An earlier study had linked users of the drug to increase susceptibility to skin cancer.
However, PPB in its update on Thursday said the study was done predominantly on white population who are already susceptible to skin cancer because of their skin colour.