CATrends: Acetaminophen Medications for Infants

Lawsuits claim infant-specific products aren’t any different than acetaminophen medications for older children.

Walgreens Acetaminophen Medications

Equate Infant’s Pain & Fever Acetaminophen

DG Infants’ Acetaminophen

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing infants’ medicine as different than children’s medicine when both contain the same amount of the same active ingredient

Up & Up Infants’ Acetaminophen Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever

Kroger’s Infants’ and Children’s Acetaminophen Medications

TopCare Infants’ and Children’s Acetaminophen Medications

Equate Infant’s and Children’s Pain & Fever Acetaminophen

Walgreens’ Infants’ Pain & Fever Acetaminophen

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing its infants’ product as specifically formulated for infants and different from its Children’s Pain & Fever Acetaminophen Oral Suspension when both medications contain the same amount and…

Rite Aid’s Infants’ and Children’s Acetaminophen Products

Rite Aid’s Infants’ and Children’s Acetaminophen Medications

Several Store Brand Acetaminophen Products

Allegations: Marketing products as safe pain relievers for pregnant women without warning consumers that scientific evidence shows prenatal exposure to APAP can cause neurodevelopmental disorders in children

Up & Up Acetaminophen

Allegations: Marketing the product as a safe pain reliever for pregnant women without warning consumers that scientific evidence shows prenatal exposure to it increases the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in…

The Packaging of CVS® Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen Products

Rite Aid Acetaminophen Rapid Release Gelcaps

CVS Health Infants’ Pain & Fever Acetaminophen

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that the product is specifically formulated for infants and charging more for the infants’ product when it contains the same formulation of the same active ingredient in…

CVS Health Acetaminophen PM

Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “non habit-forming”

Tylenol

A new in-depth report by ProPublica and This American Life is questioning Tylenol’s safety and labeling.

CATrends: Rapid Release Pain Relief Medications

These claims are tough to swallow.

CVS Health Infants’ Pain & Fever

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the infants’ product as specifically formulated for infants when it has the same concentration of acetaminophen as the children’s version