Grocery store giant Meijer falsely advertises its cold and flu medication as non-drowsy when it contains a key ingredient that causes drowsiness, misleading and harming consumers looking for non-drowsy relief, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Bobbie Moore, Samantha Hatfield, and Gary Grant filed the lawsuit against Meijer, Inc. alleging that the company misrepresents its “Non-Drowsy” and “Daytime” products with prominent false labeling, violating the constitution and breaching warranty.
“The truth is that products containing Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide (DXM) — and thus the Non-Drowsy Meijer Products — do cause drowsiness, and that drowsiness is a known side effect of DXM,” the claim reads.
The Food and Drug Administration says one of the most frequently-cited side effects of DMX is sedation (i.e., drowsiness), according to the claim, and for this reason, the Federal Aviation Administration prohibits pilots from flying after ingesting DXM.
Moore, Hatfield, and Grant all say they bought the...
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