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Tylenol 8-Hour Caplets Recalled

Another batch is pulled from the market due to a musty odor.

By Jennifer Davis

3/31/11 Johnson & Johnson is recalling another batch of Tylenol pain reliever. This time it’s 34,000 bottles of Tylenol 8-Hour Extended Release Caplets that are being voluntarily pulled from the market because of a musty odor that could cause stomach issues.

The company released a statement saying, "This voluntary action is being taken as a precaution and the risk of adverse medical events is remote."

The smell is thought to be a result of small amounts of production chemicals found in one lot of medicine made at a Pennsylvania plant that has been closed for about a year. The company says it received a small number of complaints about the odor through the monitoring and surveillance system it set up after previous recalls.

A similar smell caused the recall of the same product in October. At the time, the company said the odor was linked to nausea and vomiting.

One lot of Tylenol 8-Hour Extended Release Caplets is affected this time. The lot number, which can be found on the side of the bottle, is ADM074. The UPC code is 300450297181.

If you have an affected bottle, stop using it and contact the company for a refund or coupon. They can be reached at www.tylenol.com or 1/888-222-6036. If you have a bad reaction to the medicine, you can also report it to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm.

Johnson & Johnson has now recalled more than 40 products in the last year including children’s Tylenol and Motrin. The company has set up a website to handle details of all the recalls. It’s www.mcneilproductrecall.com.

Jane

18 Apr 2011, 01:04

Please tell Dolores that PUERTO RICO IS PART OF THE USA!!

Myra Weiger

16 Apr 2011, 18:45

Thank you. I have been a Tylenol user most of my life, and I will continue to be one if you continue to send out information as you have above.

Ira

16 Apr 2011, 11:04

There is no need to pay more for Tylenol. The chemical composition is duplicated by the Equate brand at Wal-Mart and probably other stores have their own brands of the same chemical. I have used Equate for years and it controls my pain and I have never understood what people think they are getting in brand names that advertise more. Advertising will not ease my pain. Same with Bayer aspirin which USE to advertise big time and implied that they had a different product.

Darlene Graham

15 Apr 2011, 17:29

I've taken tylenol for years, and I really don't know if it helps, but think I'll change, and just take the RA meds like I do daily. Recalls are scarey.

Dolores

14 Apr 2011, 23:23

I just checked bottle of Tylenol Arthritis Pain-650 mgm.caplets currently being used. Was relieved to see that bottle was NOT of the batch being recalled BUT, in the VERY fine print on the label, I was surprised & dismayed to read "Manufactured by
McNeil Healthcare LLC, Las Pedras, Puerto Rico 00771
For
McNeil Consumer Healthcare
DIVISION OF MCNEIL, PPC, INC.
PORT WASHINGTON PA 19034 USA
@MCN-PPC,INC.2010"--prompting my questions:
1) Is NOTHING safely manufactured within the continental USA?????????
2 Do the same FDA regulations apply to meds made in Puerto Rico?

Linda

14 Apr 2011, 16:20

My husband and I use the Tylenol,Arthritis 650mg...any problem found there???

Merrie

14 Apr 2011, 15:29

I have never used the gel caps but I do use the caplets. Where ever I can find them I buy more than one bottle at a time. If and when J & J recall them all, then what? Generic I guess, why not all the other meds are going that way. How sad!!

Bonnie Pace

14 Apr 2011, 14:56

You know, I've always taken the generic form of Tylenol, supposedly not manufactured by Johnson and Johnson. BUT now I'm wondering who would report odors in the generic brand? And if they did, which company would recall it? The "Equate" generic's bottle states that it was "packaged by Perrigo" and "distributed by Walmart, Inc. Makes you think, doesn't it?

joan schroeter

14 Apr 2011, 14:39

Is this information filtering down to hospitals and their personnel? Recently I had cataract surgery and was told to take Tylenol if I had any pain. Fortunately I had generic substitutes at hand because my drug store refuses to carry Tylenol.

Mymymy

14 Apr 2011, 12:51

Recalled due to an "odor" ?? How about recalled due to contamination brought to light by an odor that, thankfully, some sensitive noses could smell? Mymymy

Michelle

14 Apr 2011, 12:23

A company that has this many recalls is obviously not testing their products thoroughly.
I am surprised that no one else can see that most of these posts are fake and probably posted by J and J. Wake up folks...you cannot trust these big corps.

kathryn denise

14 Apr 2011, 11:59

i have used tylenol for years and have never had a problem. sometime last year when they had a recall that i didn't find out about until i needed some tylenol, i found out about a manufacturing problem. fortunately i was able to finally find some in the next county since i can't find it in the county where i live.
would love to know what the manufacturing problem is.

Gay Emily Massie

14 Apr 2011, 11:42

On April 1,2011 I had tried the, new to me, Tylenol Arthritis 650 mg tablets, taking 2 tabs daily for three days. I have been taking Tylenol all my life for arthritis. I am now a healthy, active 74 year old lady. My symptoms were dizzyness, nausea, extreme tiredness (sleeping 12 hours one night), and severe chills. i saw my doctor at the VA Medical Center, who suspected a drug reaction. I am fine now. I took the bottle back to Costco and got a full refund. Thanks, Gay Massie

Lorraine Ignatz

14 Apr 2011, 10:56

I use the product I don't smell it I'll keep what I have thank you I didn't toss it in the 80's I will not do it now. thank you for the information

Helena James

14 Apr 2011, 10:35

Thanks for the heads-up but I don't smell them, I just take them.

Eileen

14 Apr 2011, 09:50

I agree with Dan. Just because a company has had no recalls does not mean that all is well. I respect Johnson and Johnson for their prompt response to any sign of difficulty. Recalls assure me that they are alert.

Dan

14 Apr 2011, 09:20

I'm more worried about the companies that never recall products. Worked for some of those companies and they spent more time hiding bad QC reports than fixing the problems.

Deb

31 Mar 2011, 12:30

This is why I no longer use Tylenol; instead I use an 8-hour acetaminophen product NOT manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. After 3 different bottles were recalled, I was fed up.

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Tylenol 8-Hour Caplets Recalled

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