Children’s Advil was recalled on Monday amid fears of overdose after customers complained that the dosage instruction on the label did not match the product’s measuring cup, CBS News reported.
Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, which forms part of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, announced the voluntary recall of one lot of Children's Advil Suspension bubble-gum-flavored four-fluid ounce bottles after customers raised concerns that the dosage cup provided was marked in teaspoons but the instructions on the label were described in milliliters.
The active ingredient is Ibuprofen and mixing up the dosage of the Advil suspension could lead to an overdose that induces symptoms of nausea, vomiting, headache, drowsiness, blurred vision and dizziness.
The lot that has been recalled contained 28,000 bottles, and while over one-third never made it to retail shelves, those that did were distributed nationwide in May and June, CBS said.
On the bottles is a Nov. 2020 expiration date along with a R51129 marking with the UPC number 3-0573-0207-30-0.
Pfizer said it has notified wholesalers, distributors and retailers of the recall and was arranging for the return of the product.
When it comes to administering medicine such as ibuprofen to children, caregivers often make errors in measurements, CNN reported.
This is according to a study in which researchers found the use of oral syringes rather than cups could greatly reduce this mistake.
"When parents used dosing cups, they had four times the odds of making a dosing error, compared to when they used an oral syringe," said Dr. Shonna Yin, an associate professor at NYU Medical School who co-authored that study, according to CNN.
Pfizer advised consumers experiencing problems related to taking or using the Advil suspension to contact their healthcare provider.
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