Jolie Rouge
10-30-2007, 02:13 PM
Wyeth issues recall for cold medicines
Mon Oct 29, 4:40 PM ET
TRENTON, N.J. - Several nonprescription cold medicines are being pulled from store shelves after manufacturer Wyeth on Monday started a voluntary recall and replacement program at retail outlets nationwide.
The products are being removed because they come with a dosing cup that does not mark the half-teaspoon level recommended for children aged 2 through 5 years old, according to Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, a division of the Madison, N.J.-based drugmaker. "There's nothing wrong with the products," said Wyeth spokesman Doug Petkus.
The products being recalled and replaced are: Robitussin Cough DM, Robitussin Cough & Cold CF, Robitussin Cough & Congestion, Robitussin Head & Chest Congestion PE, Robitussin Cough Sugar Free DM and Children's Dimetapp Cough & Chest Congestion.
The company is recommending that consumers with children in the 2 through 5 age group not use the medicines until replacement products with a new dosage cup are available. That will probably begin in early November, and the new boxes will be marked to indicate the replacement. "It probably will take a couple months," Petkus said.
He said there are several million packages of those products in circulation, but there is no reason for consumers to seek a refund. No injuries related to the issue have been reported, Petkus said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_he_me/cold_medicine_recall_2;_ylt=AoorSX4KmJJsl0iQ3jPWTF KGOrgF
On the Net: http://www.wyeth.com
[qute]The products are being removed because they come with a dosing cup that does not mark the half-teaspoon level recommended for children aged 2 through 5 years old, according to Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, a division of the Madison, N.J.-based drugmaker. "There's nothing wrong with the products," [/quote]
Couldn't you just get the pharmasist to give you a new dosing cup ?
Mon Oct 29, 4:40 PM ET
TRENTON, N.J. - Several nonprescription cold medicines are being pulled from store shelves after manufacturer Wyeth on Monday started a voluntary recall and replacement program at retail outlets nationwide.
The products are being removed because they come with a dosing cup that does not mark the half-teaspoon level recommended for children aged 2 through 5 years old, according to Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, a division of the Madison, N.J.-based drugmaker. "There's nothing wrong with the products," said Wyeth spokesman Doug Petkus.
The products being recalled and replaced are: Robitussin Cough DM, Robitussin Cough & Cold CF, Robitussin Cough & Congestion, Robitussin Head & Chest Congestion PE, Robitussin Cough Sugar Free DM and Children's Dimetapp Cough & Chest Congestion.
The company is recommending that consumers with children in the 2 through 5 age group not use the medicines until replacement products with a new dosage cup are available. That will probably begin in early November, and the new boxes will be marked to indicate the replacement. "It probably will take a couple months," Petkus said.
He said there are several million packages of those products in circulation, but there is no reason for consumers to seek a refund. No injuries related to the issue have been reported, Petkus said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_he_me/cold_medicine_recall_2;_ylt=AoorSX4KmJJsl0iQ3jPWTF KGOrgF
On the Net: http://www.wyeth.com
[qute]The products are being removed because they come with a dosing cup that does not mark the half-teaspoon level recommended for children aged 2 through 5 years old, according to Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, a division of the Madison, N.J.-based drugmaker. "There's nothing wrong with the products," [/quote]
Couldn't you just get the pharmasist to give you a new dosing cup ?