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Big Companies Revamp Pain Drugs

Johnson & Johnson and other manufacturers are shifting to single-concentration doses of their over-the-counter remedies for infants and children to prevent overdoses. Tylenol, which currently comes in different concentrations depending on whether they are for infants or older children, will come in one dose now because parents get confused about who gets what dose. Two years ago, there were 14 hospitalizations caused by pediatric versions of medicines containing acetaminophen, but no deaths, according to the most recent data from the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

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