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Medique is recalling over-the-counter drugs sold exclusively on Amazon.com due to failure to meet child resistant packaging requirement

Jay EdwardsSeptember 11, 2020

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Medique is recalling about 143,300 over-the-counter drugs from the product lines: Medi-First, Medi-First Plus, Medique, Dover, Otis Clapp, and Ecolab which are sold exclusively on Amazon.com due to failure to meet child resistant packaging requirement; risk of poisoning.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the over-the-counter products contain regulated substances which must be in child resistant packaging when being used in the household as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The packaging of the products is not child resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.

The recall involves 31 different over-the-counter drugs purchased on or after June 1, 2018 that are unexpired from the following brands: Medi-First, Medi-First Plus, Medique, Dover, Otis Clapp, and Ecolab. They include aspirin-containing products, acetaminophen-containing products, ibuprofen-containing products, lidocaine-containing products, diphenhydramine, loperamide, and naproxen products. The expiration date for tablets and creams can be found on either the top or side panels of the container carton in the format [YEAR/MO]. For products in spray bottles, the expiration date in the same format is located on the front of the bottle. The expiration date is found on the bottom for the spray cans. The 31 different recalled products are listed in the table below:

Product	Drug	Package Type	# of Packets
Medi-First Non-Aspirin Acetaminophen	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 250
Medi-First Extra Strength Non-Aspirin Acetaminophen	acetaminophen (500 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 125 250
Medi-First Sinus Pain & Pressure	acetaminophen (500 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 125 250
Medique APAP	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	250
Medique Extra Strength APAP	acetaminophen (500 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 125 250
Medique Back Pain-Off	acetaminophen (250 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 100 250
Medique CCP Caffeine Fee	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 250
Medi-First Cold Relief	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 125 250
Medique Cramp Tabs	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 125 250
Medique Decorel Forte Plus	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 250
Medique Medicidin-D	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 100 250
Dover Aminofen	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	250
Otis Clapp Back Quell	acetaminophen (200 mg)	2 tablets packet	150
Otis Clapp Mygrex	acetaminophen (500 mg)	2 tablets packet	150
Otis Clapp Valihist	acetaminophen (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	150
Medi-First Pain Relief Extra Strength	acetaminophen (110 mg) aspirin (162 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 100 250
Medi-First Plus Pain Zappers	acetaminophen (250 mg) aspirin (250 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 125
Medique Pain-Off	acetaminophen (250 mg) aspirin (250 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 100 250
Medi-First Aspirin	aspirin (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 125 250
Medi-First Plus Aspirin	aspirin (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	50 125
Medique Aspirin	aspirin (325 mg)	2 tablets packet	12 100 250
Medique Diphen	diphenhydramine (25 mg)	1 tablet packet	24 200
Medi-First Ibuprofen	ibuprofen (200 mg)	2 tablets packet	4 50 125 250
Medique I-Prin	ibuprofen (200 mg)	2 tablets packet	3 100 250
Dover Addaprin	ibuprofen (200 mg)	2 tablets packet	250
Medi-First Burn Cream with Lidocaine	lidocaine (0.9 grams)	packets	25
Medi-First Burn Spray	lidocaine HCl (2%)	2 oz bottle	—
Medi-First Blood Clotting Spray	lidocaine (4%)	3 oz bottle	—
Ecolab Burn Cream	lidocaine (0.9 grams)	packets	25
Medique Diamode	loperamide HCl (2 mg)	1 tablet packet	6 50 100
Medique Mediproxen	naproxen sodium (220 mg)	1 tablet packet	50 100

Consumers should immediately store the recalled products in a safe location out of reach of children and contact Medique for information on how to dispose of the product and receive a full refund. All known purchasers are being notified directly.

No incidents or injuries have been reported.

The items were sold on Amazon.com from June 2018 through June 2020 for between $2 and $59.

Consumers can contact Medique at 1-800-680-2474 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, or online at mediqueproducts.com and click on “Recall Notice” at the bottom of the page for more information including registration access.