UPDATE: Tylenol Brand Not Recalled from CVS Stores

Editor's Note: In the original story, Patch stated that Tylenol had been recalled, but has since learned that the information provided by a pharmacist at a local CVS was incorrect. Please read the information below for clarification.

UPDATE: 1/16 at 5:10 p.m:

"McNeil Consumer Healthcare continues to work in partnership with CVS to expand the availability of Tylenol and Extra Strength Tylenol in their stores," the statement read. "We expect that recent changes to CVS’s store planning approach will make these two products more available to more consumers overall."

"We encourage consumers to use the product locator on Tylenol.com to help find product in their area," they added.

Original Story

According to the New York Daily News, CVS changed how it stocks Tylenol at its stores in the wake of manufacturing problems at the drug's maker, Johnson & Johnson, that have disrupted supplies for more than three years.

East Meadow CVS employees would not comment on the matter.

From the Daily News: Under the new plan, CVS will try to have Tylenol in stores in each market, but will not have it in every store, spokesman Michael DeAngelis said.

Local pharmacists say that the CVS brand equivalent is still available in stores, as is many other over-the-counter medications that address the same issues.

In East Meadow, CVS can be at found at the following locations:

• 2312 Hempstead Turnpike
• 2419 Hempstead Turnpike