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The Recall of Tylenol®

September 19, 2011
Benjamin Metzger, MD

For a variety of reasons over the past few years, the Tylenol brand of medication has been disappearing from the shelves of pharmacies all over the nation. In June of this year over 60,000 bottles of Tylenol were recalled due to a musty odor linked to a trace amount of a chemical found in the pill. What is interesting is that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is found in over 600 over the counter and prescription medications. The generic formulations of acetaminophen have the same...