Here are a few things that the FDA found while checking out the Pennsylvania plant that produces the liquid versions of children's Tylenol, Benadryl, and Zyrtec — all of which were recalled last week by manufacturer McNeil Consumer Healthcare: "Thick dust and grime covering certain equipment"! "A hole in the ceiling"! "Duct tape-covered pipes"! Also, "raw ingredients contaminated by an unspecified bacteria" and, perhaps most importantly, corporate knowledge of many of these conditions. Yum. Production at the suburban Philadelphia plant has been suspended while the cleaning crews get called in, which is probably for the best since the facility also makes adult-appropriate products. But there's a bright side, at least: "The latest recalls of children's Tylenol probably means there's just less upside to J&J's earnings estimates," one financial analyst told Reuters, which helpfully noted that McNeil's parent Johnson & Johnson rakes in about $62 billion in sales a year. But wait, does less "upside" mean less money for fixing pipes? So many questions!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Why are you guys making toddler pharmaceuticals at Awl headquarters? *ZING*
This is why I only buy illicit substances.
Quality control people!
Yes, there's never been a meth lab that didn't comply with the highest standards.
So high.
The "Thick dust and grime" IS quality control! That means that they've been masters of this pharma-sausage-factory game for EVER.
...and who amongst illicit-substance-abusers isn't putting a little dust-and-grime (and baby laxative!) up their noses with that rolled-up Benji bill, anyhow?
@kneetoe: it's easier to safety inspect the trunk of an '87 Corolla.
"Our inspection has found your facility to be clean, carpeted for comfort, and pleasantly scented of Pine-freshener. Carry on."
I seem to recall inspecting back in the day such places as the 4th floor of an abandoned walk up. Ah, youth.
Tylenol is poison anyway. DO NOT take it for a hangover, or worse, before you go to bed. Stick with aspirin.
Stick with ibuprofen. Aspirin plus alcohol *may* lead to kidney damage. (More so.)
HOLD THE PHONES! I thought alcohol plus ibuprofen may lead to liver damage (more so), or something?
Ibuprofen plus alcohol can cause stomach bleeding.
All combinations heretofore mentioned eventually result in dangerous side-effects, chronic renal damage, misery and sometimes death. Just make it easier on yourself and have another drink!
Oh, well. Shit. Sorry, everyone! (And sorry to you, remnants of stomach and kidneys)
You have to eat something or drink milk with the ibuprofen so it doesn't erode your stomach lining. Yeah, I know, the last thing you want to do before passing out...
No, I say the trick is to skip silly pain killers and eat everything in sight before passing out. Not sure if it absorbs the alcohol or what but I always feel like a champion the next morning when I follow this rule.
Wait one second, that bacteria is the active ingredient. And NO we can't tell you what it is!
It's for your bubble-children's own good! Kids these days, their antiseptic livelihoods, they never have a chance to develop important immunities. Kudos to Tylenol I say.
Tylenol folks are the geniuses who dealt with the P.R. mess of the whole Tylenol poisoning scare of the 1980s by creating those "Sealed for your Safety" seals. And now what will they do to get out of this one?
Hey, if the marketing works for yogurt, why not painkillers?
Quality is everyone's business especially when it comes to medicines. This is so alarming. By the way, this medical transcription company might interest and help you in some ways. More power!
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