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Tainted Tylenol and Motrin Products
Our firm is currently investigating claims arising from the use of Tylenol and Motrin products. The maker of Tylenol, Motrin and other over the counter medicines has recalled their products due to a foul odor in the product.
Johns & Johnson/McNeil pulled 500 lots of Rolaids, Motrin, Children’s Tylenol, regular, extra strength and eight-hour Tylenol, Benadryl, St. Joseph’s Aspirin and Simply Sleep caplets in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates and Fiji. The medicines may have been tainted by a chemical applied to wooden shipping pallets, the company said in a statement. New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J has received about 70 complaints of musty or mildew-like odors in Tylenol caplets as well as reports of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea after use, the FDA said.
The Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Johnson & Johnson, saying the drugmaker waited more than a year to notify regulators after getting complaints that tainted bottles of Tylenol may have sickened customers. J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division had complaints of an unusual odor in bottles of Tylenol Arthritis Pain caplets early in 2008 and knew it may have had a more widespread problem by September of that year, said Karen Hirshfield, acting chief of the FDA’s Recalls and Shortages Branch, in a conference call with reporters today. The company didn’t notify the agency until September 2009 and expanded a recall today only at the FDA’s urging, she said.
*** If you or a family member has suffered symptoms as a result of using one of these products, please contact a Florida product liability attorney at our office at (800) 443-4529 or (561) 684-6330 to discuss how we may be able to assist you. Or fill out the form on the left side of this page and your inquiry will be sent by e-mail to our office.