Food Allergy Alert- Recall of Allergy Medications

This is getting tiresome and time consuming, but there has been another recall of medications that may affect the allergy community. All Benadryl Fastmelt products, as well as Jr. Motrin, have been recalled by McNeil Consumer Healthcare.

Go check your medicine cabinet and then check here for details of the recall.



For a food allergy reaction, the Fastmelt tablets are not ideal. The liquid form of Benadryl is recommended. Consider the Benadryl pre-filled spoons- we keep one of these in the Epi-Pen waistpouch- for quick and easy use.

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Allergy Medications on Recall List

Perhaps you heard over the week-end that McNeil Consumer Healthcare has recalled numerous medications for "not meeting quality standards". The reasons range from products that "may contain a higher concentration of active ingredient than is specified"; or products that "may contain inactive ingredients that may not meet internal testing requirements"; or products that "may contain tiny particles". Whatever the case, we all need to go through our medicine cabinets and medication pouches.

Benadryl® and Zyrtec® are on the recalled list. So is Tylenol® and Motrin®.

Check out this list of recalled medications. Print it out and compare it to what you have.

To receive a coupon for the future purchase of a product, or to get a refund for an affected product, fill out this form on McNeil Consumer's site.

I'm off to check our medicines....