Recall on teething tablets.

karagirly

I know a while back i heard horror stories about Hylands teething tablets because they contain a poison called Bella Donna in small amounts. Mothers and some doctors were claiming it caused seizures etc... In fact ive read that many infants/toddler have had seizures for months after stopping it.  Anyway i do not use these tablets but came across a bottle of humphreys teething tablets that my mom gave me. I see it also has Bella Donna. Throwing this right out but was wondering if you all knew about it and if you threw yours out too.

mrs. sage

The belladonna is in such small trace amounts that a child would have to consume 2 - 3 bottles of the tablets to have any sort of adverse reaction.  I have not heard seizures happening but know that the recall was mostly made due to the caps not being childproof and they found some differing amounts of belladonna in different bottles but none enough in any one bottle to cause an overdose.

ChicNotGeek

I think that Hyland's was recalled because it had inconsistent amounts of Bella Donna in each tablet and you could theoretically overdose your child on it, which then may have been suspected to cause seizures in some children ... but it wasn't recalled because Bella Donna causes seizures per se.  If that were the case, then Humphrey's (and any product with Bella Donna in it) would be recalled, too.

I've used the Humprhey's teething 'films' occasionally with my baby, especially when she's irritable or wound up ... it's like those Listerine films that melt on your tongue.  She hasn't had any problems.

But if you are really concerned about Bella Donna, then try Colic Calm ... it's good for teething, too.

blessedinthewest

Humphrey's tablets were not recalled as far as I know.  Which in my opinion doesn't make any sense because the ingredients are almost identical to what is in the Hyland's tablets that were recalled.

ChicNotGeek

MrsGarciatobe:

Humphrey's tablets were not recalled as far as I know.  Which in my opinion doesn't make any sense because the ingredients are almost identical to what is in the Hyland's tablets that were recalled.

Their manufacturing practices may be different so that they could ensure the amount of Bella Donna in each tab.

rnfromtn

Bella Donna is not a poison btw. 

sapphire angel

I use Little Teethers which also has bella donna and I won't be throwing it out.

I think there is more to the story than what made it down through the media though I don't have any idea as to what...I think it was the hylands site that did the math on how many tablets would have to be ingested for there to be even the earliest of side effects of bella donna such as dry mouth. etc...and it was several hundred tablets (I don't remember the exact number but 700 something seems to be sticking in my mind...)

Torani

sapphire angel:

I use Little Teethers which also has bella donna and I won't be throwing it out.

I think there is more to the story than what made it down through the media though I don't have any idea as to what...I think it was the hylands site that did the math on how many tablets would have to be ingested for there to be even the earliest of side effects of bella donna such as dry mouth. etc...and it was several hundred tablets (I don't remember the exact number but 700 something seems to be sticking in my mind...)

https://www.hylandsteething.com/recall/teething-tablet-recall-faq.html

They would need to ingest 1,025 tablets, and the only complaints were fever, dry mouth, and drowsiness.  Last I checked, fever was sometimes a symptom of teething, dry mouth is not life threatening, and they are drowsy because they finally got relief from their pain!  After reading all the information, I still use our tablets.  The main concern was the non-childproof top.  If the concern was the belladonna, they would have pulled the teething gel too, which they did not.  They even stated that the same product has been in use for 85 years, with no problems.  Just a bunch of moms overreacting.

MsAlyss

Torani:

sapphire angel:

I use Little Teethers which also has bella donna and I won't be throwing it out.

I think there is more to the story than what made it down through the media though I don't have any idea as to what...I think it was the hylands site that did the math on how many tablets would have to be ingested for there to be even the earliest of side effects of bella donna such as dry mouth. etc...and it was several hundred tablets (I don't remember the exact number but 700 something seems to be sticking in my mind...)

https://www.hylandsteething.com/recall/teething-tablet-recall-faq.html

They would need to ingest 1,025 tablets, and the only complaints were fever, dry mouth, and drowsiness.  Last I checked, fever was sometimes a symptom of teething, dry mouth is not life threatening, and they are drowsy because they finally got relief from their pain!  After reading all the information, I still use our tablets.  The main concern was the non-childproof top.  If the concern was the belladonna, they would have pulled the teething gel too, which they did not.  They even stated that the same product has been in use for 85 years, with no problems.  Just a bunch of moms overreacting.

I agree.  And I think the main reason for the recall was the non-child proof caps.  Because whose to say someone's not going to squeeze the entire tube of gel in their kid's mouth, right?  Just like the dummies that give more than 2 or 3 tablets at a time. 

groovygrl

ditto pp- the recall was about inconsistent amounts of bella donna in the various tablets. i would be curious to know how many tablets the LOs took who experienced seizures. I use humphreys (& used hylands) and will continue to do so. 

Que*Syrah

MsAlyss:

Torani:

sapphire angel:

I use Little Teethers which also has bella donna and I won't be throwing it out.

I think there is more to the story than what made it down through the media though I don't have any idea as to what...I think it was the hylands site that did the math on how many tablets would have to be ingested for there to be even the earliest of side effects of bella donna such as dry mouth. etc...and it was several hundred tablets (I don't remember the exact number but 700 something seems to be sticking in my mind...)

https://www.hylandsteething.com/recall/teething-tablet-recall-faq.html

They would need to ingest 1,025 tablets, and the only complaints were fever, dry mouth, and drowsiness.  Last I checked, fever was sometimes a symptom of teething, dry mouth is not life threatening, and they are drowsy because they finally got relief from their pain!  After reading all the information, I still use our tablets.  The main concern was the non-childproof top.  If the concern was the belladonna, they would have pulled the teething gel too, which they did not.  They even stated that the same product has been in use for 85 years, with no problems.  Just a bunch of moms overreacting.

I agree.  And I think the main reason for the recall was the non-child proof caps.  Because whose to say someone's not going to squeeze the entire tube of gel in their kid's mouth, right?  Just like the dummies that give more than 2 or 3 tablets at a time. 

I agree. I kept using ours because I read all the reports and didn't see a reason not to. I also started using Hyland's  teething gel when I couldn't find tabs due to the recall.

zeesbride

I just found it weird that the FDA does not regulate it, but can somehow recall it. We havent used Hylands teething tablets in a long time ( we use a different kind from overseas) but if I had them in the house I would most certainly use them.

groovygrl

zeesbride:

I just found it weird that the FDA does not regulate it, but can somehow recall it. We havent used Hylands teething tablets in a long time ( we use a different kind from overseas) but if I had them in the house I would most certainly use them.

the recall was a voluntarily recall. The FDA recommended it & the company chose to do it.