Children's cold, allergy medicine recalled

A recall has been issued for more than 40 over-the-counter children's medicine, including Tylenol and Motrin, because they don't meet quality standards. These aren't being recalled because of adverse medical effects, but parents and caretakers of children shouldn't give these products to children. FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg claims that the change of serious health issues to be "remote." Some of the products recalled may have a higher amount of the active ingredients and some may have an ineffective ingredient that doesn't meet health codes. The recalled products include Tylenol Infants' Drops, Children's Tylenol Suspension, Children's Tylenol plus Suspensions, Motrin Infant Drops, Children's Motrin Suspensions, Children's Zyrtec Liquids in bottles, and Children's Benadryl Allergy Liquids in bottles. The medicine was made in the United States and distributed to Canada, the Dominican Republic, Dubai, Fiji, Guam, Guatemala, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, and Kuwait. None of the generic brands of the recalled medicine was affected.

To learn more about the recalled products call 1-888-222-6036 or visit McNeil's website.



I believe that the United States should know better than to send medicine that they haven't finished testing or is unsure about out of the country. If they keep on doing this, they soon won't have any other countries buy their products. That could potentially hurt our economy worse than how it is already doing. I don't get how after keeping these medicines the same for years, that all of a sudden there is a recall. They have the recipe for making the medicine and they know what ingredients go into it. So than why is the medicine first recalled now after all these years? I never knew that we send medicine to so many other countries because I thought that many countries use home remedies to get better or just let nature take its course. I also don't get why the FDA claims there isn't any serious health problems, but yet that's normally why they recall medicine.

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