A Better Pill To Swallow

With the cold and flu season already taking hold across the country, household medicine cabinet hinges are going to be getting a workout.

Unfortunate timing then that Tylenol recently had to recall so many of its children's products due to "rare instances of misuse leading to accidental overdose, especially in children under the age of two".

These products were recalled and parents have been encouraged to remove them from their own shelves.

Concentrated TYLENOL® Infants' Drops Plus Cold

Concentrated TYLENOL® Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough

PediaCare® Infant Dropper Decongestant

PediaCare® Infant Dropper Long-Acting Cough

PediaCare® Infant Drops Decongestant (containing pseudoephedrine)

PediaCare® Infant Dropper Decongestant & Cough

PediaCare® Infant Drops Decongestant & Cough (containing pseudoephedrine)

As a goodwill gesture, Tylenol has made available a $5.00 coupon at its website.  It is good for any Tylenol, Motrin, PediaCare, Benadryl, Sudafed, St. Joseph's, or Imodium product.

FIVE DOLLARS.  That's nothing to sneeze, wheeze, cough, snot, or puke at.

I have printed out my coupon already. 

Actually, truth be told, I have printed out TWO.  I know, I know, "greedy bitch".  Sue me.  I have three kids and a husband who get sick each year and then pass the bug back and forth like a hackie sack for months.

Two is how many you can print out, so have at it.  (Of course, you can delete the cookie and purge your history after printing two and then go back and print two more, and so on, and so on...not that I would know that...ahem...)  Medicine is a huge expense, and every coupon - especially $5 ones - can help ease the pain on a family's wallet while easing the symptoms of the season.

GET YOUR COUPON HERE - look for the Download Coupon link on the page.  (You may need to download the coupon printer program, but it will walk you through it and takes just a moment.)

Comments

[Tracy]

Thanks Linda, you rock. A $5.00 coupon always works for me.

[Valerie in SLC]

Thanks Linda! Hate cold & flu season, especially because I am always the first and worst to get it! My hot tottie consists of lemon thera-flu! (ok and maybe a little vodka)

[KelBel]

I've read about this for years. Stupid people think the infant drops can be measured the same as the children's syrup and it's completely different doses. The infant ones are concentrated, hence the overdose. GAH! Why don't people READ? It says it right on the bottle! I just never ever mess around w/ medicine. I always read every little thing on the bottle and insert. I don't understand how people can use guess work w/ babies and medicine!!!! These idiots just ruined it for decent people to use cold meds on their babies. Are they going to repackage or completely get rid of them?

[KelBel]

Oh and thanks for the coupon link!

[Bobbsey]

You know the people who don't read the labels on medicine for babies are the same people who complain about the noise of jackhammers at building sites when they go outside to have their cigarette break while they were pregnant.

[Denise]

FYI - deleting the cookies did not work :( It appears to go by your ip address.

[Angela]

I distinctly remember when my older children were small one doctor saying that over-the-counter meds were weak and you could safely double their recommended dosage. Thank God my kids have always been disgustingly healthy and I didn't have to implement that poor advice.

[Alison]

The link didn't work for me. This makes me sad. :(

Could be the work computer...

[Veronica]

Thank you for the awesome coupon link!