Johnson & Johnson Drug Recall...Is your medicine safe?

Johnson & Johnson has announced many recalls of its over-the-counter drugs on January 15, 2010.

Here is a list of the drugs in which have been on the recall list. Regular and extra-strength Tylonel, children's Tylenol, eight-hour Tylenol, Tylenol arthritis, Tylenol PM, childrens Motrin, Motrin IB, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph's Asprin. Please note, as of today, the recalls are only affecting the products sold in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates and Fiji.

Are the products in your medicine cabinet safe? CLICK HERE to go to the full list of recalled drugs and check for the recalled batch list.

This has been the second recall of this type within the last month. Apparently an odor has seeped through the air and latched on to the drugs. The odor comes from a chemical used to treat the wooden pallets in the facility located in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. This chemical odor has has been responsible for making people sicker once haveing taken an over-the-counter drug to get better. Some of the symptoms that the odor has caused include nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting. The FDA has stated that to date, about 70 million people have been affected by these contaminated drugs.

Please check your over-the-counter medicines with the full list of recalls to be on the safe side. Is anything we buy in todays world really safe?