Excedrin

The company is recalling certain bottle sizes of its pain medicine Excedrin and NoDoz products with expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2014 or earlier.

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Excedrin, expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2014 or earlier NoDoz, expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2014 or earlier Bufferin, expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2013 or earlier Gas-X Prevention, expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2013 or earlier —Source: Novartis

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BASEL, Switzerland -- Novartis is recalling some bottles of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X Sunday over concerns that the bottles could contain stray pills from other medicines, or chipped or broken tablets.

Novartis Recalls Bottles Of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin And Gas-X The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

Novartis is recalling 1,645 lots of its Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X medicines because the products could contain stray capsules or caplets from other products, or "contain broken or chipped tablets."

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For example some consumers said they found Excedrin Migraine Tablets being mixed with Excedrin Migraine caplets or geltabs.

FDA Warns of Mix-Up in Pills by Novartis Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012

BASEL, Switzerland -- Novartis is recalling some bottles of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X Sunday over concerns that the bottles could contain stray pills from other medicines, or chipped or broken tablets.

Novartis Recalls Bottles Of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin And Gas-X The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

Among the standouts -- and there were many, with a collection of special anniversary shoes on display -- were a pair of pill-shaped minaudieres, not unlike giant celluloid Excedrin capsules, cheekily emblazoned with Mr. Louboutin's signature and '500mg' -- at $6,995 a pop.

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Among the standouts -- and there were many, with a collection of special anniversary shoes on display -- were a pair of pill-shaped minaudieres, not unlike giant celluloid Excedrin capsules, cheekily emblazoned with Mr. Louboutin's signature and '500mg' -- at $6,995 a pop.

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"If you drink two cups of coffee, a soda and take two Excedrin which contains caffeine, you are asking for a headache, and the withdrawal can be intense," says neurologist Alexander Mauskop , director of the New York Headache Center.

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An earlier version of this article said the FDA warned of potential mix-ups of prescription pain pills and over-the-counter medicines like Excedrin and NoDoz made at a Novartis AG manufacturing plant in Nebraska, Late Monday, the company said that only Gas-X is produced on the same manufacturing line as the prescription drugs and that it doesn't have any reports of mix-ups in those medicines.

FDA Warns of Mix-Up in Pills by Novartis Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2012