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Article Panadol Children Syringe Defect Prompts Urgent Warning

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Parents are being urged to check their Panadol Children liquid bottle batches, with concerns defective syringes could pose a choking risk for babies.

The maker of Children’s Panadol, Haleon, has issued a Consumer Level Product Defect Correction on specific batches of Panadol Children 1 Month – 1 Year paracetamol 100 mg/mL oral liquid due to difficulties that may be experienced when using the provided dosing syringe.

The company says: “There is no concern around the liquid medicine itself. The component impacted is the dosing syringe. The dosing syringe in the affected batches may experience stiffness impacting the ability to control the delivery of the medicine to babies which may pose a risk of choking in babies.

Haleon says reports suggest that incidences of choking are rare, however, in the best interests of consumer safety, if you have any of the below batches, you should dispose of the dosing syringe supplied:

PANADOL CHILDREN 1 MONTH – 1 YEAR Paracetamol 100 mg/mL oral liquid:

DR562, DR563, DT528, DS947, DS956, DT334, DT469, DT762, DT912, DU128, DT913, DW301, DW507, DW487 with expiry dates between April 2024 and February 2025.

No other batches of this product, or other Panadol Children products, are affected.

Parents are being told to get an alternative dosing syringe from your pharmacy.

Panadol Children syringe warning

What you should do:

1. Confirm their product is PANADOL CHILDREN 1 MONTH – 1 YEAR paracetamol 100 mg/mL oral liquid bottle.
2. Cross check batch numbers above with the batch number on the product (located on bottom of pack and label of bottle).
3. If the product matches one of the batch numbers above, dispose of the supplied syringe and seek an alternative dosing syringe from a pharmacy.
4. If unsure whether a product is affected or if there are further questions, to please call Haleon Consumer Relations on 1800 028 533 for further advice.

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  • Thank you for the information and update.

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  • It’s great news that it’s nothing to do with the medication, just the enclosed syringe.

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  • Excellent response even though a low risk – it is still a risk!

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  • Such a low chance of choking yet theyre still putting a warning out. Good on them for looking out for their customers

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  • I thought it was just me having trouble using the syringes. I don’t think I’ve ever had a single baby Panadol where the syringe hasn’t been stiff and squirts a whole bunch of the medicine in all at once. Thanks for the article. It’s good to know that it’s not normal.

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  • Thanks so much for this article. Its great to know.

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  • Thank you for letting us know!

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  • I’m glad I know this as we have a batch!

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  • Stiff syringes can be surprisingly difficult to manage.

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  • Many thanks for letting us all know.

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  • Hopefully no one is hurt using this defective syringe.

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  • Thank you for letting us know!!

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  • Thank you MOM for posting this syringe defect. I just bought one of these for my grandson. whom I look after 3 days a week and noticed it once, thought I was just me, so I changed the way I pushed the syringe down.

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  • That’s a very common product. Hopefully word is getting around. I’m using Panadol for older ages.

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  • I hope everyone sees this.

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  • Ok will check the stock I have asap

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  • I’m going to check ours straight away.

    • Ours is one that I’ll be popping in the bin.

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  • How can it cause choking? l dont understand

    • It says that the dosing syringe in the affected batches may experience stiffness impacting the ability to control the delivery of the medicine to babies which may pose a risk of choking in babies. reobably when it’s stiff you’ll press harder relasing the liquid in a squirt in the throat of the baby, which could cause choking

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  • Super important notice. Thanks for sharing.

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  • Personally I prefer not to give medicine to toddlers and until 2years of age. I am a firm believer of natural products – herbs and my grandmothers remedies.

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