Tag Archives: Motrin

+Pharmaceuticals | March 2, 2011

Ibuprofen May Reduce the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease

Ibuprofen is a popular painkiller, which works wonders to reduce inflammation in chronic conditions like arthritis and more discrete hurts brought about by surgery. Now researchers are hoping to add another condition to that list — Parkinson’s disease.

+Parenting | February 28, 2011

Has Your Kid Got a Fever? Don’t Rush to Dole out Drugs

By Bonnie Rochman

Parents, especially new ones, freak out about fevers. A third of all pediatric visits involve worried parents bringing in feverish little ones. But there’s really no reason to fret when your kiddo’s temperature starts to rise.

+Pregnancy | November 9, 2010

Could Painkiller Use in Pregnancy Cause Problems in Baby Boys?

By Bonnie Rochman

There are plenty of medications pregnant women are advised to avoid, but over-the-counter pain relievers like Tylenol and Advil are not among them.

+Regulation | October 20, 2010

What Is Causing that Musty Smell in Recalled Pills?

By Meredith Melnick

For the third time this year, a common medication has been recalled for a musty or mildew-like smell emanating from bottles. On Tuesday, Johnson & Johnson issued yet another voluntary recall — of adult Tylenol 8-Hour caplets (50-count bottle) — due to trace contamination of 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA), a component of a chemical preservative contained in [...]

+Uncategorized | June 3, 2010

Congressional inquiry expands to include PediaCare

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

After an early May recall of 40 different varieties of liquid medications — including Children’s Tylenol and Motrin — manufactured at a Johnson & Johnson plant in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration criticized sloppy quality control that led to the recall, and prompted a Congressional inquiry. Last week, another company with [...]

+Public Health | May 5, 2010

Tylenol recall: FDA condemns poor quality control

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

After Johnson & Johnson issued a recall of more than 40 different types of liquid medication this past weekend — recalling Tylenol and Motrin-branded over-the-counter cough and cold remedies for children — the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report criticizing the manufacturer for a series of quality control issues at a plant [...]

+Public Health | January 15, 2010

Moldy-smelling Tylenol recalled

By Tiffany O'Callaghan

Johnson & Johnson, the company that manufacturers Tylenol, issued a voluntary recall of several batches of Tylenol, Motrin and Rolaids products in light of reports that the pills were giving off “an unusual moldy, musty, or mildew-like odor,” and had been linked to bouts of diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain in a small number of [...]