TIME HEALS AND THE TYLENOL RECALL

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September 25, 2009

From Louise Kuo Habakus

 

 

" TIME HEALS " AND THE TYLENOL RECALL

How many of you read the lead article in Tuesday's Personal Journal section of

the Wall Street Journal? It's called Getting Well: It’s About Time and tells

us that Americans aren't patient when it comes to feeling sick.

How about yesterday's Tylenol recall announcement?. McNeil disclosed that they

are pulling 21 infant's and children's Tylenol medications off the shelves due

to bacterial contamination.

My first reaction was twenty-one medications? Is it possible that Tylenol makes

twenty-one different products for children and infants? Our impatience for

feeling sick clearly must extend to our babies and children.

CNN - The makers of Tylenol are recalling 21 children's and infant's Tylenol

liquid products manufactured between April 2008 and June 2008 from warehouses

and retail stores as a safeguard against potential contamination.  In a written

statement, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Tylenol's manufacturer, said it detected

bacteria in an inactive ingredient. While that ingredient was not used in any

packaged final products, it was produced at the same time as those products.

In consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, McNeil, a subsidiary

of and (JNJ, Fortune 500), decided to " recall all product that

utilized any of the raw material manufactured at the same time as the raw

material that tested positive for the bacteria " as a precaution, adding that

" the likelihood of a serious medical event is remote. "

According to McNeil's statement, scientific literature about the bacteria

suggests that ingesting a contaminated pharmaceutical product orally doesn't

trigger an infection, but use of products such as a nasal spray with the

bacteria has lead to infections.

" Our stomachs have a lot of enzymes that help destroy the bacteria, " said Daryl

DePestel, a professor at Univesity of Michgan's College of Pharmacy, adding that

most foods have bacteria but are killed inside the body. " Using a nasal spray,

you could inhale the bacteria into the lungs, bypassing the body's safety

mechanisms. "

Though the infection could be severe for patients with lung disease, cystic

fibrosis or weak immune systems, DePestel said " the risk is pretty low. "

" Generally, this particular organism is considered to have a low pathogenicity, "

he said. " It's not much of a concern. "

McNeil advises concerned parents to contact their health provider.

Tylenol was not immediately available for comment.

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