Medicine Recall!

McNEIL RECALLS CERTAIN CHILDREN'S LIQUID PRODUCTS

McNeil Consumer Healthcare announced yesterday it is voluntarily recalling a number of OTC children's and infants' liquid formulations including certain Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl products.

The company said the reason for the recall is that some of the products may not meet quality standards. Some of the products included in the recall may contain a higher concentration of active ingredients than specified; others may contain inactive ingredients that may not meet internal testing requirements; and others may contain tiny particles.

A press release issued by the company last night states, "This recall is not being undertaken on the basis of adverse medical events. However, as a precautionary measure, parents and caregivers should not administer these products to their children."

The company urges consumers to discontinue use of the recalled products. For more information and a full list of recalled products, visit: http://www.mcneilproductrecall.com and http://www.fda.gov/medwatch.

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THE SAFEST SEAT: APPROPRIATE CHILD SAFETY SEAT PLACEMENT

Child safety seats installed in the rear seat of a motor vehicle protect children in motor vehicle crashes. Recent advances in child-restraint system (CRS) design and changing patterns of child safety seat use have prompted the need to reevaluate the evidence in support of these recommendations. In the study, "Seating Patterns and Corresponding Risk of Injury Among 0- to 3-Year-Old Children in Child Safety Seats," the most common seating position for children using a CRS is the rear passenger side. Use of this position increases as children get older. However, child occupants aged 0-3 years seated in the center rear had a 43 percent lower injury risk compared with children in either of the rear outboard positions. Study authors offer updated evidence for the current recommendations that the center rear is the safest seat position for children restrained in a CRS, but they do not indicate that a child seated in an outboard position is a poor choice. Rather, they suggest that installing a CRS in the center rear position further reduces the risk of injury and enhances the protection already offered by child safety seats installed in the outboard position.