Tylenol Recall Extended

A Tylenol recall that only covered Tylenol Arthritis caplets has been extended this morning to include more than two dozen other over-the-counter (OTC) medicines manufactured by McNeil Healthcare LLC, the arm of Johnson & Johnson that manufactures Tylenol products.

The other OTC medicines includes Tylenol Extra Strength, Rolaids and a number of children’s medicines, affecting 27 products in all.

The recall is in response to consumer complaints of stomach pains, nausea and an odd odor from the pills.

The odor was linked to the presence of a musty-smelling chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA) which results from the breakdown of the chemical in the wood pallets used to transport and store the packaging materials for the drugs.

The only difference between all Tylenol pain products is the strength of the main active ingredient in Tylenol, which is acetaminophen.

Regular strength Tylenol are 325mg each. Extra-strength Tylenol are 500mg each and Tylenol Arthritis Pain caplets are 650mg each — the strongest dosage. Other than the dosage, there is no difference in the chemical structure.

This means ALL Tylenol products should be recalled. But that’s not likely to happen because Tylenol’s stock would plummet and put the company out of business. So this is a case of the public health being placed at risk to protect the market share of a large corporation.

FloridaChick813

See, there was a reason I chose the Nyquil/Dayquil combo box for my Sweetie the other day when he was sick..

I looked at the Tylenol Cold Daytime/night-time combo box.. But something told me not to get it.. THANK GOD
KiKiWest

Didn’t Tylenol have a scare in the 80’s? Somebody was putting poison in the bottles or something like that? They didn’t fail then and I doubt that they would fail now. It has to be some explanation as to why this is all of a sudden happeing. Maybe the other types of Tylenol aren’t packaged using the same materials…
https://sandrarose.com Ms.kaylamomma

I have a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol in my purse.
KiKiWest

GM Florida! Yeah- I am one of those people who thinks that Tylenol doesn’t work anyway so I never buy it for myself or my children- we are a Motrin family. This is sad though I hope no one gets really sick but as we all know these big corporations run the country. I doubt that this will even make a dent in their pockets SMH
trynabeme

Mmmmmmmm, SMH. Tylenol STAY havin’ issues!

G’morn’n yall….
FloridaChick813

Ms.kaylamomma Says:

I have a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol in my purse.
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Good morning mama!!!! Ima need you to throw that bottle out ASAP!
FloridaChick813

KiKiWest Says:

GM Florida! Yeah- I am one of those people who thinks that Tylenol doesn’t work anyway so I never buy it for myself or my children- we are a Motrin family. This is sad though I hope no one gets really sick but as we all know these big corporations run the country. I doubt that this will even make a dent in their pockets SMH
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good morning to you as well.. Your right about that.. they wont feel it in their pockets one bit. SMDH
starr

I personally decided to stop using those over the counter stuff. I typically use motrin but i don’t use it unless i think i need to, like an overbearing headache. I drink tea, i rest,….its fine for me.
trynabeme

KiKiWest Says:

Didn’t Tylenol have a scare in the 80’s?
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And they just had some lil mishap in ’08/’09, rite???? Which is why I still have dang near a dull bottle of EST in my purse too MKM! :lolol:
https://sandrarose.com Ms.kaylamomma

Good mornin’ Florida. Brownsugapoet said they just had a earthquake there in OK and they are getting stronger.
CWhatsHerFace

I hate Tylenol, i’ll take motrin instead!. To my knowledge acetaminophen is more of a fever reducer and ibuprofen(sp?) is the pain reliever! @ BrownSugaPoet, i’ll say a prayer at my desk! Jah Blessings and Guidance!
mirsmommy

Hubby told me years ago to stop taking OTC medicine. Now I see why.
http://myspace.com/dannyblaq dblaq

Yep it could mean that about 54 million bottles will be recalled. From Tylenol, Rolaids, Benadryl and more….
Anna

KiKiWest Says:

Didn’t Tylenol have a scare in the 80’s? Somebody was putting poison in the bottles or something like that?
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Didn’t that person want to kill one certain person but had to tamper with other bottles to cover it up?
mirsmommy

Anna Says:

KiKiWest Says:

Didn’t Tylenol have a scare in the 80’s? Somebody was putting poison in the bottles or something like that?
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Didn’t that person want to kill one certain person but had to tamper with other bottles to cover it up?
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I think she was later found innocent due to some cover ups going on. Some of the so-called “witnesses” were also paid to testify, and be witnesses.

I saw a special on this on the Investigate Discovery channel.
http://facebook.com/renz.renegadesince1985 renegadesince1985

Tylenol had a scare back in the day. Which is the reason there are tamper seals on all OTC now. Tylenol was the first to do that. They actually recalled all their products back then. That situation is studied now as the “what to do in a crisis” I learned about the whole thing in school as a good example of how to deal with that kind of situation.
http://smokiesays.blogspot.com/ Smokie

Wow – that explains the nausea 2 days in a row. I didn’t take any today, but I took some kind of Tylenol yesterday and the day before. Got nauseous (sp). I feel fine today since I didn’t take any. Hmm… can I sue?
onlinefan

tykenol seems to have this problem every few years.
i grew up on tylenol, but when alleve came out i switched. i don’t take a lot of OTC mds but when I absolutely have to have something i go for alleve now.

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