Advil Cold & Sinus Day/Night blister packs recalled due to labelling error
Posted October 4, 2021 4:30 am.
Last Updated October 4, 2021 11:38 am.
OTTAWA — Two lots of Advil’s Cold & Sinus Day/Night Convenience Pack are being recalled due to a labelling error.
The problem involves one lot of 18 caplet boxes and one of 36 caplet boxes.
The foil backing on the blister pack is upside down and misaligned — so the nighttime caplets are labelled as daytime, and some daytime caplets are labelled as nighttime.
Some Advil Cold & Sinus packaging is misaligned, so nighttime caplets are labelled as daytime, and some daytime caplets are labelled as nighttime. (Courtesy Health Canada)
While the day and night tablets have different appearances, there are concerns consumers may get the medications mixed up.
Health Canada says (he daytime caplet is beige and has the marking ‘ADVIL COLD & SINUS’ in black ink, while the nighttime caplet is orange and has the marking ‘Advil A/S’.
“The nighttime caplets contain an antihistamine medicinal ingredient (chlorpheniramine maleate) that can cause drowsiness,” the agency warns, adding mistakenly taking a nighttime caplet could result in serious health consequences for those who need to remain alert, such as when driving, or who have taken other sedatives, consumed alcohol, or are elderly.
The affected products were distributed in Canada starting last July.
If you have an affected product, you can return it to your local pharmacy to be properly disposed of.
