{"id":27660,"date":"2025-04-17T13:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/27660\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:45:11","slug":"some-acetaminophen-melatonin-tablets-are-being-recalled-in-canada-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/27660\/","title":{"rendered":"Some acetaminophen, melatonin tablets are being recalled in Canada &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/acetaminophen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acetaminophen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/melatonin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">melatonin<\/a> tablets are being recalled in Canada due to labelling errors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Health Canada issued alerts for one lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/recalls-rappels.canada.ca\/en\/alert-recall\/riva-acetaminophen-500mg-affected-lot-may-contain-325mg-acetaminophen-tablets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laboratoire Riva Inc.\u2019s acetaminophen 500 milligram caplet<\/a> and six lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/recalls-rappels.canada.ca\/en\/alert-recall\/life-brand-timed-release-melatonin-10mg-some-lots-are-labelled-incorrect-dosing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life Brand\u2019s Timed Release Melatonin 10 mg tablet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet weekly health news<\/p>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Health Canada said the affected lot of acetaminophen may contain 325 mg tablets instead of 500 mg as labelled.<\/p>\n<p>As for the recalled melatonin tablets, \u201caffected lots are labelled with the incorrect dosing instructions found on the label,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>The affected lot numbers are: D3120, 4D3965YA2, 4F4495YA2, 4F44961B0, 4F44962LH, 4H49262LH and 5C47764ES.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>Canadians are being urged to consult their health-care provider before they stop using the recalled drugs, or for any health concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Acetaminophen is a commonly used painkiller.<\/p>\n<p>A supplement of melatonin, which is a hormone in the body, is used to regulate the sleep cycle.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Health<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some acetaminophen and melatonin tablets are being recalled in Canada due to labelling errors. On Tuesday, Health Canada&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[16696,943,2082,105,16695,4326,16697,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-27660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-acetaminophen","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-consumer","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-recall","13":"tag-medication","14":"tag-melatonin","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114353610656804000","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}