Johnson & Jonson Recall More Medicine

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Law Office of D. Hardison Wood

A few weeks ago J & J had to recall thousands of children's medication. Now they are recalling some Benedryl lots and Tylenol Gel lots.

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the Johnson & Johnson unit, said that it was recalling four lots of certain Benadryl allergy tablets and one lot of Extra Strength Tylenol gel pills. McNeil did not respond to a reporter’s query about how many bottles those lots amounted to.

The company said in a statement that “the products were inadvertently omitted” from an earlier recall — one preceding the children’s drug recall — involving medicines made at a company plant in Puerto Rico.

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Since last November J & J has recalled, in addition to the children's medication recall, has recalled millions of various motrin products and tylenol arthritis products.

McNeil, the unit of J & J, has been under investigation since the massive children's mediciane recall a few weeks ago.

“Today’s announcement is indication that we have more to look at when it comes to this company,” Representative Edolphus Towns, a New York Democrat who is the chairman of the committee, wrote on Tuesday in an e-mail message in response to a reporter’s query.

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Children Medication Recalled

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Law Office of D. Hardison Wood

The FDA has said that the plant where  children's medications such as Tylenol, Infant's tylenol, motrin, and other children's over-the-counter medication lacked quality controlwhich allowed bacteria to contaminate the medications.

"The findings are serious," said Deborah M. Autor, a senior official at the Food and Drug Administration, which documented 20 problems at the Fort Washington, Pa., plant owned by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of Johnson & Johnson. She said the agency is weighing whether to take action against McNeil, pending the completion of its investigation.

The company recalled 43 over-the-counter pediatric medications.  There have been several consumer complaints dating from June 2009 to as late as last month reporting black specs in the medication. The company ignored these complaints and failed to investigate and resolve the problem.

Although, they are saying chances of serious harm are "remote" - these drugs need to be pulled immediately and their use ceased.

Federal officials cautioned that the chances for serious harm from the recalled drugs are "remote," but FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg said parents and caregivers should immediately stop using the medicines. Generic versions are a safe alternative, Hamburg said. A list of recalled products and information about refunds is available on McNeil's Web site. Read the story here

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