{"id":2393,"date":"2010-05-06T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/fda-yanks-kids-meds.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:43:30","slug":"fda-yanks-kids-meds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2393","title":{"rendered":"FDA Yanks Kids&#8217; Meds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/S-NA3GwsuGI\/AAAAAAAACfU\/O6CHzzBoBnA\/s1600\/Pills.gif\"><img data-opt-id=1278298958  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/S-NA3GwsuGI\/AAAAAAAACfU\/O6CHzzBoBnA\/s320\/Pills.gif?w=735\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468285688009767010\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 300px; \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>The FDA did the right thing by pulling these meds, because they identified raw material containers tainted with bacteria that could make immune-compromised people even sicker.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Turns out, though, that the bacteria were brought in from one of the suppliers, the contamination has still not be identified in ANY of the meds themselves &#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, in the end, this was not NEARLY as bad as the headlines made it out to be.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2010\/05\/05\/news\/companies\/childrens_tylenol_recall_bacteria\/index.htm\">Johnson &amp; Johnson identifies bacteria in Tylenol recall &#8211; May. 5, 2010<\/a>: &#8220;The Food and Drug Administration confirmed Wednesday that the bacteria found at the Johnson &amp; Johnson plant that produced the recalled children&#8217;s medicines was Burkholderia cepacia, a bacteria often resistant to common antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Button END -->For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA did the right thing by pulling these meds, because they identified raw material containers tainted with bacteria that could make immune-compromised people even sicker. 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