CVS pulls Zantac after the FDA warns of health risk Local News Posted: Sep 30, 2019 / 11:17 PM MDT / Updated: Sep 30, 2019 / 11:17 PM MDT GRAND JUNCTION, The FDA recently announced the over the counter medication, Zantac contains low levels of a cancerous impurity. As a result, CVS decided to pull the heart burn relief medication off shelves.