Washington Post
43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children — including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl — was recalled after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the manufacturing facility.
The voluntary recall, which was announced late Friday by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, affects hundreds of thousands of bottles of medicine in homes and on store shelves throughout the United States and its territories and in nine other countries — a vast portion of the children’s medicine market.
The Food and Drug Administration is advising parents and caregivers to stop using the affected products, although Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg called the potential for serious health problems resulting from the medications “remote.”
Federal investigators do not know when the problems at McNeil began, but Douglas Stearn, a senior FDA official, said that “this does go back in time” and that “we have to try to figure that out.”
While the FDA investigates, McNeil has suspended operations at the facility.
In a statement, the company said: “Some of the products included in the recall may contain a higher concentration of active ingredient than is specified; others contain inactive ingredients that may not meet internal testing requirements; and others may contain tiny particles.” It said the problems may affect “purity, potency or quality.”
A complete list of recalled products is on the company’s Web site.
wat r we going to do
look up what herbs you can use. I believe you can probably pick them up at any health food store.
call your Dr.
the cvs version
never be to sure you might make a situation worse
so what are you supposed to do if your child/infant has a fever or an allergy attack? benedryl is a must in my home.