July 29th, 2011

The Wall Street Journal reports:

A Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) unit is lowering the maximum daily amount it recommends for Extra-Strength Tylenol pills to a level that comes in just shy of the reduction sought by medical experts two years ago.

The reduced recommendation, to six pills a day, or 3,000 mg, from eight pills, or 4,000 mg, will appear on Extra-Strength Tylenol product packages in the U.S. starting this fall. The unit, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, said it also intends to lower the maximum recommended dosage on regular Tylenol and other acetaminophen-containing products beginning next year.

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