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The recalls of more than 135 million bottles of infant and children's medicines, including Children's Tylenol, Infants' Tylenol, Children's Motrin and Children's Benadryl, began last year.
In the United States more than 100,000 cases occur a year. [1] In the United Kingdom it is the medication responsible for the greatest number of overdoses. [7] Young children are most commonly affected. [1] In the United States and the United Kingdom, paracetamol is the most common cause of acute liver failure. [9] [1]
Paracetamol, [a] or acetaminophen, [b] is a non-opioid analgesic and antipyretic agent used to treat fever and mild to moderate pain. [13] [14] [15] It is a widely available over-the-counter drug sold under various brand names, including Tylenol and Panadol.
The Tylenol murderer was never found, (though later James Lewis was a prime suspect [10]) and a US$100,000 reward offered by Johnson & Johnson remained unclaimed as of 2023. [11] [12] [13] Before the poisonings, Tylenol brands held around 35% of the US market for acetaminophen and in the immediate aftermath, fell to 8%.
One is Maryland mom Jillian Amodio, who struggled to find children's Tylenol when her 7- and 11-year-old kids had the flu. "Shelves were bare," she tells Yahoo Life. "I went to several different ...
Parents and retailers have spent the last few days pulling bottles of children's Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl from their medicine chests and store shelves after the manufacturer and the U ...
The 2010 Johnson & Johnson children's product recall involved 43 over-the-counter children's medicines announced by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, on April 30, 2010. Medications in the recall included liquid versions of Tylenol, Tylenol Plus, Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl. The products were recalled after it was ...
A new study out of Spain suggests that expecting mothers who take Tylenol for pain relief may increase their child's risk for autism.. Around 2,000 women were a part of the study for six years ...