Drug company recalls bottles of Excedrin, NoDoz

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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 said that some of the bottles of headache medicine Excedrin and caffeine caplets NoDoz with expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2014, or earlier will be subject to the recall. Some of the packages of pain medicine Bufferin and stomach medicine Gas-X with expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2013, or earlier will also be affected.

I searched and didn't see this posted. As I am a avid excedrin taker I have been experiencing a very high pulse rate for the last few weeks. It could be related.

Excedrin migraine is an addicting drug.

I take that, like candy, I'm still alive, doesn't do nothing but help the painful headaches. Never had a bad experience. And, if I can't find Excedrin, my headache will last for a week to two weeks at a time, I won't be able to drive, because the light, will be so bad to where I won't be able to open my eyes or even get out of bed. They better have it on the shelves. Or, I better go to tomorrow and stock up on it now.

Thanks for the heads up.

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I also take them like candy as well but for the last few weeks my pulse rate has been running in the triple digits while I am doing nothing,

Not me, I've been fine.

Might be from something else.

With this world, you never know.

Quit all the chips & soda & fast foods and your headaches will vanish.

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I do drink a lot of soda, that's it though. And Gatorade.

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You should see a doctor for that. Not good.

Nooooooooo!!! Not my Excedrine?! Best headache medicine EVER. Aargh. Sigh...

Originally posted by JibbyJedi
Quit all the chips & soda & fast foods and your headaches will vanish.

reply to post by SkipperJohn


I am a severemigraine sufferer, I don't eat put but maybe once a year, I don't drink soda, I eat sweets very rarely. Not all migraines are caused by bad eating habits.
For you migraine sufferers, taking aspirin-Excedrin on a daily or even near daily bases is not good. Aspirin thins the blood, along with many other ugly side effects.
If your over using Excedrin you may want to evaluate stress levels,allergies, even if your doing home cooking remember FDA has their paw prints on and in all our store bought foods.
And finally, Excedrin has had mishaps numerous times in the past few decades, again FDA has dirty prints all around our lives

Oh wow that sucks, I don't get migraines though I do eat a lot of junk food and drink coffee, I'm also smoker, occasional drinker. I do however drink lots of fluids, mainly water. However theres never been a study that could confirm a sole cause or even a direct cause for migraines.

It is now March and Excedrine is nowhere to be found on store shelves. There has to be more to this story. Anyone?

Originally posted by DancedWithWolves
It is now March and Excedrine is nowhere to be found on store shelves. There has to be more to this story. Anyone?

Nope, I have not found any.

Taking too much Excedrin can cause rebound migraines. This I know from personal experience.