U.S. Food and Drug Administration
dblum | May 14, 2010Yesterday, I wrote about the problem of people drinking their Benadryl Itch-Stopping Gel instead of using it - as designed - on the skin. As I pointed out this is not a healthy choice. And, as the FDA noted in an official warning, we are always better off if we actually - duh - read product labels.
On the other hand, not everyone is a total geek label reader like, um, me. There's always going to be people who just make an assumption based on familiar Benedryl name, especially as a couple of readers pointed out yesterday, the Benadryl gel bottle does resemble the containers used for liquid…
dblum | May 13, 2010 Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a strong recommendation to citizens of this country: Stop drinking anti-itch gels. They're meant to go on your skin. People who swallow them - and the FDA has been tallying up a series of cases - tend to suffer from dizziness, hallucinations or fall unconscious.
At that point, they probably aren't too bothered by itching, of course. But I have to think there's an easier way.
Most of those who mistakenly gulped down a few squirts of gel were consumers of Benadryl Itch-Stopping Gel. They apparently assumed this was just another…