Defective child safety caps make available, children, the risk of an overdose of acetaminophen
U.S. consumer product safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of rugby children pain & fever concentrated drops due to the failure, child-resistant packaging standards. The recalled product was an over-the-counter medicine with paracetamol.
The over-the-counter medicines is the Aquebogue piece of Altaire pharmaceuticals, Inc., and distributed by Rugby laboratories, Inc., Duluth, Georgia. Child-resistant packaging the poison prevention packaging Act prescribed is any Eyedropper to give up the drug use. The defective packaging means that a child in the position who call drug and benefits could be disproportionate.
Although the medication is an over-the-counter medication, the problem of access for children acute in the United States in accordance with the FDA is important, because acetaminophen overdoses are the most common cause of liver failure in the US acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and other over-the-counter pain relievers, is the most common cause of liver failure. About 50,000 visits in emergency rooms, 23,000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths a year directly from the paracetamol are caused.
Recalls of drugs related to defective packaging occurred several times in the past. If a defective packaging is not child-proof the company that produces and the drug packages may be required if a child violates it is. Experienced Georgia product liability lawyer may one product liability lawsuit to submit, which may be based on strict liability or negligence, depending on the facts of the case.
Multiple child-resistant caps on medications such as acetaminophen are broken, so that children can access the content. More than a million children a year suffer accidental poisoning, because child-resistant caps children the toxic substance or medication to protect. Many parents mistakenly believe that child safety caps for all children are fully effective. The standards for child-resistant closures imposed require only that these caps prevent that 80 percent of children under five years opened of the bottle according to the CPSC.
If your child safety child suffering from serious injuries after capture of accidentally Tylenol or other medicines with paracetamol or other medications due to the failure of a CAP, you can find compensation injuries for your child. Our products liability lawyers in Georgia represented victims of acetaminophen and other unsafe drugs in Atlanta and very Georgia. At Montlick and Associates, attorneys at law, we have victims of faulty pharmaceuticals for more than 27 years ago represents. We are all Georgia customers including love to available, but not limited to, Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Dalton, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, Warner Robins and all small and rural towns in the State. Call us today for your free consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333), or visit us on the Internet at www.montlick.com. No matter where you are we are only a phone call away, and we come even to you.
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