Why Did You Take Excedrin Off The Market

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I can't take aspirin so I have been taking aspirin free excedrin. All of a sudden I can't find it anywhere. Am told that they recalled it because they found glass in it.

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We did not take anything off the market, this is an information only website, this site does not manufacture, nor sell any products, of any type.

Yes, they did find contaminants in some batches of Excedrin and there was a recall. However, there are other products available, such as the store brands, which contain the same active ingredients.

The Aspirin Free Excedrin contains Acetaminophen and Caffeine, so you may want to ask your pharmacist what else they have that contains the same active ingredients. If you don't actually need the caffeine, then you could just pick up Tylenol, or its store brand/generic equivalent.

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Thanks for checking on aspirin free excedrin for me. As far as tylenol, it is absolutely of no help to me. I may ask the pharmacist for something with the same ingredients as excedrin. By the way it is not a prescription. You can but it over the counter.

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Take a look at this link.

Excedrin Recall: Mix-up pulls Excedrin, Bufferin, other meds off shelves - Los Angeles Times

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I find Excedrin Migraine formula one of the best formulations when I don't want to over use my prescription medicine for migraines. Any word on when it is going to become available again?

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Recall in January and almost four months later not on the shelf. What is going on? People with migraines rely on this to get by with their daily lives. The store brands do Not work anywhere near as good. When Is it going to be back?

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I called the Novartis 800 customer service number on the Excedrin bottle. They told me they hope to beginning reshipping product by "mid-year."

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Thanks for posting that information -- I was starting to feel desperate because I only have one bottle left!

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Most store brands of the same type of meds have exactly the same ingredients as Excedrin and are way less expensive. They work the same as the Excedrin brand with the same exact dosage of aspirin, caffeine and acetaminphen

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If store brands and other brands worked as well as Excedrin, no body would be complaining about
Excedrin not being available. The fact is, whatever the combination of ingredients Excedrin has, it simply works far better than any other available over the counter pain meds. Period.

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The OTC generic brands may have the same ingredients but are " put together" differently and do not work the same in all people! I cannot take the generic/store equivalents to excedrin because the make me feel horrible!!

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I'd like to know why they took ALL the drug and not just the contaminated batches. I'm extremely upset because I have bad migraines and have tried all the other over-counter pills and they do little or nothing for me. I NEED this to function. I'm sick of all the things that work for me being taken away and replaced with junk!

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There's a product called Vanquish which has the same ingredients as Excedrin Migraine, but in half the amounts. You can find it in any drugstore.

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I have been suspicious for years about Excedrin containing something other than what is listed on the bottle for the simple fact that one becomes dependent on this drug and feels the need to take it daily and multiple times a day. If you stop taking it you will have withdrawal symptoms. I began taking Excedrin 28 years ago and have taken it daily as I would wake every morning with a headache. I'm glad its gone as I was forced to withdraw from it. I had a sever headache for 3 weeks. I think they have tampered with it for years to get people hooked so the consumer would continue buying it. No proof of coarse just pondering the idea.

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Yes- I too agree- I am ready to ask every friend I know if they have any Excedrin at home they do not need- after 1 yr. of chronic head pain- and 15 drugs, 7 Dr.'s later- I now had founf ex. strength Excedrin to be the only help....no store brand seems to knock out my pain...such a disappointment to have all of this removed from every store- and every shelf.

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They found presription pain killers mixed in with excedrin and a couple of other OTC products. That is why it was pulled.

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The store brands have exactly the same ingredients to the mg. It's the idea of Excedrin, which I have taken for 100 years lol ok almost, but the store brand that I am forced to buy now works just as well.

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Hmmm, sounds like they're gonna change the formula to me. Have any of you noticed that when a medication works really good, they always pull it and replace it with a "new and improved" formula that doesn't work nearly as good as the old one? ( ie: Alkaseltzer Plus ) Always remember people, there is NO MONEY in the cure!

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The stores in our area have not only pulled Excedrin from the shelves but also the store brands. I may have to start traveling to find something.

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I liked that product too, it worked really well for me and cannot find it anywhere!

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I want to buy Excedrin for migraine when will it be back on the market?

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I too believe it's formulated to get you hooked. My biggest symptom when I've been taking if for a few day is severe anxiety and very depressed, with really dark emotions.

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Hi, For the people who need the excedrin p.m.. most of the time Advil, tylenol, and all other meds use the exact ingredient that Dramamine has in it. So just get excedrin and buy Dramamine and add one at night. Check for yourself, it's great. It's the main reason that Nyquil has a new sleep medicine. All it is is liquid Dramamine at 3 times the price.

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Have been buying wonderful (and low cost) migraine relief in the form of Sainsburys and Tesco own brand Paracetamol Extra Power, with aspirin and caffeine - like others mention, the only thing that works and doesn't make me feel even worse. Just discovered it's not available now from Sainsburys and haven't yet tried Tesco to see if they are still doing it, but now have looked on the internet to see if there is anything about why it's no longer available and have seen that this combination is like Excedrin in the US which isn't available here in the UK. Has anyone found a similar product in the UK and if so, is it prescription only or available over the counter and where? Thanks for any insight.

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Yes, now it's gone! I can only surmise that it's gone because it worked. I found I could use it with my now changed and weakened presc. Anyone who thinks you
can use any over the counter to get rid of a migraine doesn't have a clue what a
migraine is!! Midrin disappeared first, I thank my Lord that I don't have clusters
anymore but I don't know what people are doing that have them! I had a stroke
years back from migraines when I would suffer through them. I thought I was dying, not knowing what it was. Finally went to doctor and tried it all including Caffergot which turned my stomach and on the instructions admits it can cause
gangreen. I'll bet that's still on the market. Most people out there think it's just
a bad headache. God help us.

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they were to taken off the market I looked in every store everywhere they were removed from every place I went and when you ask about them nobody knew a reason why there was no news about it or anything

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I noticed while in SAMS club that they are selling huge bottles of excedrin. I too am a migraine sufferer. When I stopped seeing excedrin in stores, I went to Ibuprofen and am starting to see side effects from it. Is the excedrin that SAMs club is selling safe to take? Excedrin worked best for me

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Why can't I find the PM any more they boughtthe others back but NOT the PM what's up an no the new improved doesn't work like it did something is different why

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In my case the Wal-mart Equate works very well for me so I can use the store brand to get the same results. Excedrin PM is a different story though. I only need to use it a few times a year and did not even realize it had been pulled until a couple of weeks ago. I checked on line and Amazon has it but is charging $40 for a bottle of 24 plus $4.95 S + H. Talk about taking advantage of people who really need this product. It did not make me feel very good about Amazon. Hopefully it will be back on the market soon and Amazon can just keep their high priced bottles.

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I purchased excedrin pm a few months ago from Target and am out of it again. I went all over looking and asking for it. It's off the shelves once again. What gives? I am getting tired of this.

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No, they really don't. At least for me. I am desperate for Excedrin PM and it's ast mid year and no sign of them anywhere!!!

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