Voluntary withdrawal of Infant's cold and products
Submitted by sailajabyrisetty on Fri, 10/26/2007 - 00:50.
McNeil consumer healthcare division of Mcneil PDI Inc.announced on October 11th, 2007 that they are voluntarily withdrawing certain Over-the-counter infant's cold and cough products from the market which include,
BENYLIN FOR INFANTS STUFFY NOSE ORAL DROPS,
BENYLIN FOR INFANTS COUGH AND COLD ORAL DROPS AND
INFANTS TYLENOL COLD DYE FREE DROPS.
They have decided to discontinue these products to reduce the risk of overdose, based on an assessment of available data on the use of pediatric cough and cold medicines has identified rare instances of misuse leading to overdose, especially in infants under 2 years of age. This voluntary withdrawal is being conducted with the knowledge of Health Canada.