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Lipitor Recall Grows by 19,000 Bottles

The Lipitor recall continues with Pfizer’s recall of 19,000 additional bottles of the popular cholesterol drug. A musty smell has led to four recalls, totaling 345,000 bottles recalled since August 2010. The musty odor comes from TBA, a chemical used to treat the wooden pallets on which the product was stored. Pfizer says the foul-smelling bottles were supplied by a third-party bottle manufacturer, and that the company prohibits use of TBA-treated wood to ship its medicines.

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Dangers Lurking in Your Medicine Cabinet

Every household has a medicine cabinet. It’s filled with bottles of Tylenol, Pepto Bismol, bandages and anything else you may need for a variety of illnesses. But, do you ever wonder what dangers are lurking in your own medicine cabinet — dangers that could do much more harm than good? Here are some very important things to consider: Expired or Recalled Meds