A voluntary recall of certain children's over-the-counter liquid medicines has been issued by the McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit of Johnson & Johnson. These products include Tylenol Infants' Drops, Children's Tylenol Suspensions, Infants' Motrin Drops, Children's Zyrtec Liquid in bottles, and Children's Benadryl Allergy liquids in bottles. "Manufacturing deficiencies" may affect affect the potency (strength), purity, or quality of the products. Parents are urged to check the products they have at home and stop using them if the lot number matches one on the
list of recalled medicines. According to the company, some products may actually have too much of the active ingredient in the product, others may have tiny particles or inactive ingredients that fail testing requirements. Even though it is unlikely that a serious medical problem will occur as the result of giving the recalled medicine, it is not recommended that these products be given to children.
Be sure to talk to the pharmacist or doctor about alternative options to these recalled medicines for children to treat pain, fever, or allergies. For additional information, please visit
McNeil's website or call 1-888-222-6036 (8 am - 10 pm ET on Monday-Friday and 9 am - 5 pm ET on Saturday and Sunday). Any suspected reactions may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch program on the FDA's
website.
By the way, generic products are not affected by the recall. They are made by other companies that have been approved by the FDA and distributed by the pharmacy/drug store. Generic drugs have been tested and meet the standards of the FDA and work just as well as the brand name equivalents. If you are interested in knowing if a generic version is available, you can check the
Orange Book, which is an official list of approved generic drugs.
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