The first thing I grab for when one of my boys are sick, is Tylenol. I always had it one hand when they were infants and also remember my Mother also having it on hand when we were sick. Nothing ever helped them more with fever related to teething, or sickness.
You may have noticed that Infants’ and Children’s’ Tylenol has been absent from your pharmacy shelves, but don’t worry, the people at McNeil Consumer Healthcare (the makers of TYLENOL) have been working hard to update both Infants’ and Children’s TYLENOL products, this includes packaging enhancements and a change to the concentration of the Infants’ product. These changes are being made now and will be implemented as early as this upcoming cold and flu season.
The changes include the following:
Enhanced Bottle
Infants’ TYLENOL® will include SIMPLEMEASURE®, a new, enhanced bottle with a protective opening and push-in syringe designed to:
- Provide even more accurate dosing and easier administration to infants
- Allow for better control when dispensing with fewer spills
- Further reduce the risk of children getting to the medicine in the bottle
The new, enhanced bottle with protective opening will be coming to Children’s TYLENOL® products soon.
Dosage Change
Look for new dosing directions on Infants’ TYLENOL®.
- To help minimize medication errors, Infants’ TYLENOL® will now have the same concentration of the active ingredient, acetaminophen, as Children’s TYLENOL®, which will standardize dosing across the products and age groups.
- When Infants’ TYLENOL® returns to store shelves as early as this upcoming cold and flu season, the products will continue to include specially designed dosing devices appropriate to the age of the child.
When administering medicine of any kind to children, simply remember to NURSE
Never give adult medicines to children.
Use the measuring device (syringe, dropper, dosage cup) that comes with the medicine every time you use it. Don’t use kitchen spoons (teaspoons or tablespoons).
Read and follow instructions on the label. Never give more than the recommended dose and do not give the medication more frequently than recommended.
Store all medicines out of the reach of children. Immediately following use, always restore the child resistant cap and put the medicine back into a high and out of sight location.
Every child grows. Know the infant’s or child’s weight and/or age to help determine the appropriate dosage.
I don’t know about you, but seeing how Tylenol has made these changes and addressed the issue that prompted the recall, makes me feel more at ease that they care about the consumer. None of us want to give medicine to our children and hope they never get sick, but when they do, I’m confident that I can use Tylenol, still, after all these years.
Disclosure: I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Tylenol and received a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.
Dianna Ranere