McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a unit of the Johnson & Johnson corporation began a voluntary recall of several brands of children’s over the counter liquid medication, including Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl late Friday afternoon. Some of these products may contain more of the active drug ingredient than specified, according to a statement by McNeil on Friday. Other products involved in the recall may contain foreign particles or inactive ingredients that do not meet testing requirements.
“The particles may be solidified product ingredients or manufacturing residue such as tiny metal specks,” Marc Boston, a McNeil spokesman, said. Although it’s unlikely that the affected medications will cause serious medical problems, McNeil recommends that parents and caretakers stop giving the products to children.
All unexpired lots of seven products in 43 flavors and sizes have been recalled: Tylenol Infants’ Drops, Children’s Tylenol Suspensions, Infants’ Motrin Drops, Children’s Zyrtec liquids in bottles and Children’s Benadryl Allergy liquids. See the complete extended list at www.mcneilproductrecall.com.
The recall was initiated after federal health regulators cited McNeil on Friday for violations found during a routine inspection at a facility in Fort Washington, Pa.. This is the second major recall in a year for McNeil – in January reports of certain over the counter meds produced by the company having a moldy smell led to a recall of hundreds of lots of children’s and adult’s medical products.
You can try calling the hotline McNeil has set up for the recall: (888) 222-6036 which is available from 8 AM to 10 PM Eastern time on weekdays and 9 AM to 5 PM on weekends. However, high call volume seems to be making it impossible to get through.
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