In 2009, children’s Tylenol and Motrin were recalled for various reasons.  In 2010, children’s Tylenol and Motrin were recalled for various reasons.  Each year, we seem to have to cleanse our cabinets of medications for the kids.

Children’s Motrin and Tylenol isn’t cheap, at around $6 to $7 each, this cleansing of products sets us back around $20 per recall.

During the 2009 recall, we didn’t pursue reimbursement.  During this latest recall, we have three products being recalled, each of them a different product, each of them at varying levels of usage and have submitted for reimbursement of each.

  • Children’s Motrin, new in the box, just bought it.
  • Children’s Tylenol, half gone, been using it for a while
  • Concentrated Motrin Infant Drops, just about gone, had it for the longest out of the three.

Since we’ve administered two of these products to our kids, we’re obviously concerned about what’s really wrong with them.  The  McNeil Product Recall website and the Tylenol.com website both say this is a voluntary and not on the basis of adverse medical events, which I take to mean that there haven’t been enough sick kids reported.

Here’s the quote from the websites:

McNeil Consumer Healthcare is initiating this voluntary recall because some of these products may not meet required quality standards. This recall is not being undertaken on the basis of adverse medical events.

However, as a precautionary measure, parents and caregivers should not administer these products to their children.

I really hope that whatever is wrong with these medications, isn’t serious enough to harm any child.

On a side (and more geeky) note, I find it funny that Tylenol.com and McNeilProductRecall.com both have the Netscape icon as their ‘favicon’. 

Bottom line:  Please check your medicines and get rid of anything included in the recall.