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FDA Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet
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Source: Statesan.com
July 01, 2009
TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- The popular prescription painkillers Vicodin and Percocet, which combine acetaminophen with an opiate narcotic, should be banned, and the maximum dose of over-the-counter painkillers with acetaminophen, like Tylenol or Excedrin, should be lowered, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel urged Tuesday. The panel's recommendations followed the release of an FDA report last month that found severe liver damage, and even death, can result from a lack of consumer awareness that acetaminophen -- which is easier on the stomach than such painkillers as aspirin and ibuprofen -- can cause such injury.
kbtordai
4 months ago
708 comments
More patient education on over the counter meds and when and how to use them effectively would help control the prescription drug issue. Good luck getting past the very rich pharmaceutical lobbyists!
VanessaAWilliams
4 months ago
342 comments
Unless the government figures out a way to make money off of legalizing marijuana, it never will be legal.
One of my doctors told me years ago how bad acetaminophen was to the liver and told me not to take it, I mostly use ibuprofen for pain.
PhillAlexandros
4 months ago
10 comments
FINALLY! I have been allergic to acetaminophen all my life. When I tell my doctors, they look at me weird. I don't believe in wonder drugs, everything has it's faults. I'm glad the FDA is taking a closer look at this drug.
kbtordai
4 months ago
708 comments
Sounds good,FDA! Just as soon as we legalize marijuana!