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FDA Panel Votes to Ban Vicodin, Percocet
Patients may be asking about news articles regarding an FDA advisory panel's recommendation to ban the painkillers Percocet and Vicodin, citing the danger posed to the liver by products combining narcotics with acetaminophen.
The FDA does not have to heed the advice of its expert panels, but it frequently does, according to the New York Times. If the FDA follows the panel's recommendation, seven other prescription drugs combining acetaminophen and narcotics could also be banned.
In addition, the panel voted to reduce the maximum daily dose of acetaminophen to less than 4000 mg and the maximum dose in over-the-counter formulations to 325 mg (down from 500 mg).
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Published in Physician's First Watch July 1, 2009
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- possible disastrous consequences
John Henson, 2 Jul 2009 2:04 PM EST
Much of the effectiveness of vicodin comes from the tylenol component.
Banning this ingredient may lead to patients taking escalating... [more]
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