new Children's Tylenol Meltaways an accident waiting to happen

May 2005

A packaging problem makes the new Children's Tylenol Meltaways an accident waiting to happen.

Each tablet contains 80 mg acetaminophen.

They come in blister packs. Each blister pack is labeled "Children's Tylenol 80 mg."

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Table of Contents

whether physicians can write multiple C-II Rxs on the same day, for the same patient, for the same drug
Alzheimer's Disease Janssen is changing the name of Reminyl to Razadyne
Pediatrics new Children's Tylenol Meltaways an accident waiting to happen
Neurology & Pain certain generic versions of Duragesic don't seem to work as well
Neurology & Pain New FDA warnings on NSAIDs and COX-2s will cause a return to basics for pain management
Antithrombotics prescribing 1300 mg/day of aspirin to prevent recurrent stroke
Antithrombotics patients are caught by surprise when fad diets or special foods interfere with their warfarin therapy
Infectious Diseases Baraclude (entecavir), a new oral antiviral for chronic hepatitis B
Infectious Diseases new IV antifungal, Mycamine (micafungin)
Boniva (ibandronate), the new once-MONTHLY bisphosphonate for osteoporosis
new warnings that bisphosphonates may cause death of bone tissue in the jaw
Thyroid Disorders Should patients with hypothyroidism be treated with both levothyroxine (Synthroid, etc) AND liothyronine (Cytomel)?
Women's Health new form of Depo-Provera called Depo-subQ Provera 104
Women's Health New rumors suggest that Plan B is going OTC