Monday, May 3, 2010

In the News: Children's Medicine Recalled

The following is from a May 1 New York Times article:

"A unit of Johnson & Johnson has voluntarily begun a recall of certain children’s over-the-counter liquid medicines because of manufacturing deficiencies, the Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday. . . .

"Consumers should stop using certain lots of infants’ and children’s Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl products because some of them may contain more of the active drug ingredient than specified, the Johnson & Johnson unit, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, said in a statement late Friday. Other products involved in the recall may contain foreign particles or inactive ingredients that may not meet testing requirements, the company said."

Read the entire article here.

Also provided in the article is a Web site with a list of the recalled product lots.

Please check your medicine cabinets to make sure you are not in possession of any of these recalled products.

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