Johnson & Johnson, the makers of Tylenol Arthritis Pain caplets, is expanding a voluntary recall of the product because of consumer complaints of a strange, moldy smell that has caused nausea and other ailments.
The health care company, based in New Brunswick, N.J., is now recalling all 100-count bottles of the arthritis caplets with the red E-Z Open Cap. Last month, Johnson & Johnson recalled five lots of the pain medicine after consumers complained of a mildew-like odor from the pills that produced nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and diarrhea.
The pills’ musty odor comes from trace amounts of a chemical known as 2, 4, 6-tribromoanisole, according to the company, which is believed to be from the breakdown of another chemical in wooden pallets used to transport and store the drugs.
To date, the health complaints have been “temporary and nonserious,” according to a press release by McNeil Consumer Health Care, the division of J&J that sells Tylenol, although the health effects of the chemical have not been studied.Johnson & Johnson will move production of the caplets to a new facility and return the product to the market by January.
Consumers are advised to stop using the product and call the company at (888) 222-6036 for a refund.
In September, Johnson & Johnson voluntarily recalled certain lots of Children's and Infants' Tylenol as a "precautionary measure" over concerns of a potential manufacturing problem.
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The health care company, based in New Brunswick, N.J., is now recalling all 100-count bottles of the arthritis caplets with the red E-Z Open Cap. Last month, Johnson & Johnson recalled five lots of the pain medicine after consumers complained of a mildew-like odor from the pills that produced nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and diarrhea.
The pills’ musty odor comes from trace amounts of a chemical known as 2, 4, 6-tribromoanisole, according to the company, which is believed to be from the breakdown of another chemical in wooden pallets used to transport and store the drugs.
To date, the health complaints have been “temporary and nonserious,” according to a press release by McNeil Consumer Health Care, the division of J&J that sells Tylenol, although the health effects of the chemical have not been studied.Johnson & Johnson will move production of the caplets to a new facility and return the product to the market by January.
Consumers are advised to stop using the product and call the company at (888) 222-6036 for a refund.
In September, Johnson & Johnson voluntarily recalled certain lots of Children's and Infants' Tylenol as a "precautionary measure" over concerns of a potential manufacturing problem.
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