Consumer Reports Warns Against the Risks of Prescription and Over-The-Counter Painkillers

CR urges U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take stronger steps to reduce the dangers of pain-relief medications

Yonkers, NY – Some pain relief medications can be as addictive as heroin and are rife with deadly side effects.

Every day, 46 people in the U.S. die from legal pain pills and for each death, more than 30 people are admitted to an emergency room because of opioid complications. Consumer Reports has taken a close look at the dangers of prescription and over-the-counter painkillers and is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to do more to make these drugs safer. [Read more]

Triaminic and Theraflu Products recalled Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement

Risk of Poisoning

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Triaminic and Theraflu Products are being recalled because the child-resistant caps can fail to work properly which enables the cap to be removed by a child posing a risk of unintentional ingestion and poisoning.

Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

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