Well, Miami, this is great news -- right after the Thanksgiving feast and just before the New Year's Eve blowouts, Mylanta's been recalled. That's right: over 12 million bottles of Mylanta, that popular over the counter heartburn medication, were pulled from shelves yesterday, along with 85,000 bottles of AlternaGel antacid, in a voluntary recall by Johnson & Johnson.
What's the problem? Seems Mylanta and AlternaGel have small amounts of alcohol in them, but that's not reported on the product label.
This would be a serious recall for any drug manufacturer, but consider this: in recent history, Johnson & Johnson has issued over 12 recalls that have involved over 60 products. This totals to 200,000,000+ bottles of Johnson & Johnson products that have been put out for sale in the marketplace and then recalled by the manufacturer. And, this was for very popular stuff, too: Tylenol, Motrin, Rolaids ....
Miami, remember: recalls are one thing - actually being safe from this stuff is another. Check your shelves at home in case your bottle of Tylenol or your box of Rolaids - or now, your bottle of Mylanta - is part of the recalled product list. Because recalls don't pull all these products: importantly, they don't cover those that have already been SOLD.
Once again, another fact to add to the warning that we've been giving the Miami community and elsewhere for a couple of months now: we cannot blindly trust prescription drugs or over the counter medicines in this country.
By on December 2, 2010 11:58 AM
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