Another Product Recall? Ugh. Children’s Benadryl

 

Even though this is a children’s product, I wanted to list it here for 2 reasons.

1. Many of our readers are parents and could use the info.

2. This is just another reminder to stay “in the know” about your medications, side effects, and yes even over the counter meds, or vitamins.

Here is the report from the Associated Press:

Health care giant Johnson & Johnson is announcing another product recall, this one involving some Children’s Benadryl Allergy Fastmelt Tablets and Junior Strength Motrin Caplets.

The New Brunswick, N.J., company says its latest recall is at the wholesale and retail level, but consumers can still use the products and no action is required by them or providers. J&J says it did the recall after a review found insufficiencies in the development of the manufacturing process.

The recall involves cherry and grape flavors of the Fastmelt tablets and 24-count packages of Junior Strength Motrin Caplets.

J&J has seen its reputation battered in the past year by product recalls involving tens of millions of bottles of Tylenol, Motrin and other nonprescription drugs.

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  • Amy

    I use the liquid for fast acting, although it’s more difficult to transport; I hold some of it under the tongue where it will absorb more quickly & act faster.

    Just a quick bit of info: Benadryl, aka diphenhydramine, blocks type 1 histamine, the most common mediator of allergy reactions. What a lot of people don’t know is the first type of medications for ulcers/stomach irritation, Pepcid (famotidine) & Zantac (ranitidine), for example, block type 2 histamine. While it won’t stop an allergy reaction, if you have a sudden bad reaction to something, adding a dose of either of those can help support the H1 blocker.

  • westomoon

    Excuse me — “insufficiencies in the development of the manufacturing process” ? What on earth does that mean?

    Any time I hear pure fuzz-word talk like that, I generally take it to mean something too icky to tell you about — especially if a manufacturer doesn’t want to do a recall, as J&J clearly hopes to avoid on this one.

  • Figures, I just bought the fast melt benadryl YESTERDAY! My allergist told me to keep some on hand in case of anaphalactic reactions. Sigh. First my Darvocet, now Benadryl.

  • Rachel Johnson

    The past year or so has made me thank GOD that my part-time job is in retail-pharmacy! I get my store brands for these meds at a very nice discount and will NEVER buy J&J products again!