Which medication was used in a poisoning crime, causing medications to be sealed against tampering?
Correct answer: Tylenol {Acetaminophen}
Player: Coco
Tylenol decided to pull ALL their meds off the shelf - a very expensive decision but was the "right" thing to do. Rare in corporate America.
Player #21623360
My uncle was a mailman at that time in Chicago and knocked on every door on his route to warn the people. Many had not known early on.
Itsy
I was sales rep for the baby products division of Johnson & Johnson which is the parent company for Tylenol. All reps in all divisions were pulled off of their regular assignments to visit each retail store and make sure all Tylenol was removed from store shelves.
Player #11233492
I believe they did find the culprit. A disturbed woman
Player Say what!?
The result is now EVERYTHING is tamper proof.
Player gvs64
Blooply, they took the lid off, put the poison in, and put the lid back on.
CaraZelda
I wonder if they ever discovered the person who did this?
Player Gigi #28446253
CaraZelda, yes they did, and he was prosecuted
Shane
RocksolidJoker, it was. he did it to cover up poisoning his wife
Shane
Player #11233492, it was a man who did it to cover up poisoning his wife
Player #130998363
it was a woman. they finally found blue specks in bottles that were tainted traced back to her fish tank. wanted to kill husband so she killed others(randomly) to try to fool cops.
brickmartian
a number of products, medicinal, edible, and hygienic were tampered with in various ways by "copy cats" and "disciples" who practically worshipped the evilness that started these!
eye drops were replaced with acid, needles, broken glass, and razor blades were inserted into fruits, and dermal creams and ointments were mixed with lyes and toxic chemicals!
I remember these were some of the same evil things people did with Halloween candies and snacks around the same time!
Player #120374466
Player Say what!?, Sadly Tylenol wasn't the only thing tampered with. Also more foreign objects found in food in starting in late 70s. The world has changed
Tony
Player #21623360, A very good thing for him to do, warn people
Bekkah
I remember when this happened. I also watched the documentary about it.
PerkyLin
They were only able to prove in court that the man sent the note to the company demanding money to stop the killings, but had commmitted many crimes before that, so they were pretty sure he did it. He was just pure evil and it wasn't to cover up another murder, although he had killed before. This was back before sophisticated forensic evidence was used much. Seven people died from the cyanade-laced Tylenol. I threw away a bottle of Tylenpl even though it was old enough it couldn't have been involved.
Maestra
I remember when this happened- it was scary.
Player #87424030
Kathye, there's acetaminophen in excedrin. acetaminophen is Tylenol
Ambi
I remember that. I think it was a crazy woman who was guilty of this.
Giggle pig
Shane, is that where they got the Monk episode from?
Classic Coke
Shane, Homicide always effects so many others.Tragic.Forensics has come a long way Thank Heavens!
Kathye
Thank God I don't like or use Tylenol. Even back in 1982. I'm an Excedrin person
Sandy
Player #11233492, That was a different person. The lady was from the Seattle area, poisoned capsules from several bottles of Excedrin in order to kill her husband. Her name is Stella Nickell.
Player #62752956
Player: Coco, I think it would have been more expensive not to recall them all. By doing so, they regained all their market share in a year. It was the “smart” thing to do. 😆
Donna
Bob88, I read here that man was charged for this.
Donna
I worked for a retail pharma company as this time & we really has to scramble to contact any location that was selling the product.
Player #5100533
I gotta admit, I didn't take Tylenol for years after that.
Bob88
TrishtheKnish, the year was 1982
Bob88
Shane, no one was ever charged with the crime
MOMMADOG
Buckeyeartist, They did
Luminaria
Itsy, brave move, great move i.e. corporate integrity.
Byrde Alpha Bitch
Player Say what!? & staciebardshar, Don't be so quick to say such things. Almost everything can still be tampered with, even in this day & age.
TrishtheKnish
Wrong date. First time was 1975/6, 2nd time was 1979.
Player #13023389
I don't remember this but it sure sounds dangerous. Debby
Buckeyeartist
I don't believe they ever found the culprit. That's the scary part.
CoolLion98457
is still in use