Medications

Rugby Children's Pain & Fever Concentrated Drops Recalled

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:41:59 +0100

Children’s and Infants’ Liquid Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl Recalled

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:57:55 +0100

Issued by: Food and Drug Administration Date: April 30, 2010 Description: McNeil Consumer Healthcare is recalling certain lots of unexpired children’s and infants’ liquid Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl because these "products may not meet required quality standards. Some of the products included in the recall may contain a higher concentration of active ingredient than is specified; others may contain inactive ingredients that may not meet internal testing requirem...

Potential for Accidental Ingestion of Cough Medicine Prompts FDA Warning

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:48:29 +0100

Issued by: Food and Drug Administration Date: December 14, 2010 Description: Benzonatate (Tessalon) is a prescription cough medicine used in patients over 10 years of age. These capsules are very attractive to young children and there have been reports of accidental ingestion which can lead to overdose and possibly death. Overdose has been reported in children younger than 2 years of age when as little as 1-2 capsules have been ingested. Signs and symptoms of overdo...

Hyland's Teething Tablets Recalled

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:22:10 +0100

Issued by: Food and Drug AdministrationDate: October 23, 2010Description: Hyland's Teething Tablets are a homeopathic product used to relief the discomforts of teething in young children. Due to the potential risk of belladonna toxicity, all lots of Hyland's Teething Tablets have been recalled. --Hyland’s Teething Tablets, 125 tablets, UPC # 3 54973 75041 &...

FDA Recommends Suspending the Use of Rotarix Until Further Evaluation

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:20:41 +0100

Issued by: Food and Drug AdministrationDate: March 22, 2010Description: Rotarix is a vaccine used to prevent rotavirus disease. The FDA has learned that Rotarix may contain PCV1 (porcine circovirus type 1). Although PCV1 has not been shown to pose any risk to humans, the FDA is recommending healthcare professionals to use RotaTeq until the FDA can further evaluate the safety of PCV1. Update May 16, 2010: Rotarix has been deemed safe for use by the FDA. Click here to read the entire u...