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CINCINNATI, June 24, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced today it is voluntarily recalling its 4-Hour Decongestant Nasal Spray. The product was distributed nationwide in the United States. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/pg/44953/ The company said it is taking this voluntary precautionary step after finding that the product formulation may not meet the expiration...

WASHINGTON, June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former White House Drug Policy Spokesman Robert Weiner and Jonathan Battaglia, a Policy Analyst at Robert Weiner Associates, say that Congress and state legislatures should make methamphetamine's main ingredient, pseudoephedrine, prescription-only. In an op-ed in The State, South Carolina's largest newspaper, Weiner and Battaglia say Oregon has taken the step and in three years since 2006 enactment, cut the crisis in half. Mississippi and...

E-tracking system of all non-prescription PSE sales already moving in 10 states WASHINGTON, April 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today called on Congress to amend and strengthen the federal Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) by requiring nationwide electronic tracking (e-tracking) for all over-the-counter (OTC) sales of cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine (PSE). E-tracking is the only solution that will immediately...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Consumer HealthCare, a subsidiary of Merck & Co.(NYSE: MRK), and the maker of non-drowsy CLARITIN allergy medicines, wants to learn what millions of American allergy sufferers are able to do when they aren't hindered by bothersome symptoms. The brand is teaming up with long-time allergy sufferer Kara DioGuardi, judge on TV's No. 1 hit series, to share her story and encourage others to do the same for a chance...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Missouri announced today that it will soon become the fourth state in the nation to require all of their retailers to submit over the counter cold and allergy medicine purchases to the national real time tracking system known as the National Precursor Log Exchange or NPLEx. This system was pioneered by Kentucky and is operated by Appriss, a Louisville Company. The NPLEx system is now connected to nearly 1/3 of the nation's pharmacies and ensures...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), in response to Senate passage of legislation which will require a prescription to access over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine: "We are disappointed that the Mississippi Senate chose to overlook consumer sentiment and passed a bill today that will significantly impact how cold and allergy...

Consumers Oppose Prescription Mandate; Prefer Alternative Method to Fighting Meth JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mississippians are expressing outrage at lawmakers' rush to change over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine (PSE) to a prescription (Rx) drug. "The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has provided a phone number for Mississippians to contact their legislators which within the first day fielded scores of calls from...

Majority of Mississippi voters support e-tracking as better solution WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA): "Today, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed a bill without listening to any testimony that, if it becomes law, will greatly limit how cold and allergy sufferers access some of their medicines. The legislation would require law-abiding families...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) today announced a new initiative in the war on methamphetamine. The National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) is a multi-state electronic tracking program that enforces purchase limitations on over-the-counter (OTC) medicines containing pseudoephedrine in real-time at the point of sale. The technology for NPLEx is based on a system that was developed and tested in Kentucky in 2005 and...

CINCINNATI, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced today it is voluntarily recalling three lots of its Vicks Sinex nasal spray in three countries: the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/pg/41327/ The company said it is taking this precautionary step after finding the bacteria B. cepacia in a small amount of product made at its plant in Gross Gerau,...