FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet
The current single dose of Extra Strength Tylenol, for instance, is 1,000 milligrams.
The panel also voted 26-11 to make the 1,000-milligram dose of acetaminophen available only by prescription.
The advisers voted against other safety restrictions for other over-the-counter drugs such as NyQuil or Theraflu, which contain acetaminophen and other ingredients that treat cough and runny nose. Patients often mix the cold medications with pure acetaminophen drugs, like Tylenol, leaving them vulnerable to dangerously high levels of acetaminophen.
The FDA is not obligated to follow the recommendations of its advisory panels, but it typically does so.
Dr. Sandra L. Kweder, deputy director of the FDA's Office of New Drugs at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, gave a strong hint of what the agency might do with the advisory panel's recommendations.
"I think the top recommendation of this committee was that the agency needs to do something to address and decrease the usual dose of acetaminophen, both for over-the-counter products and also prescription combination products," Kweder said during the press conference.
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so switching to pure opioids like Oxycontin and Dilaudid are better ideas??
We're going to create an increase in addiction to opioids by 250% if this happens banning percocet and vicodin!
Some doctors don't prescribe Morphine tabs, OxyContin, Dilaudid, or Fentanyl if you don't have cancer leaving the vicodin and percocet as an alternative
PEOPLE are the ones who need to learn and read the labels 3g a day is fine
heck I know people how have taken over 15g for years and don't have probs.
Sure 4g/d is maximum follow that don't take more cause it'll kill you
this is pointless and stupid and is going to cause more pain and deaths than TYLENOL! Ibuprofen and aspirin will cause ulcers and stomach bleeding as well as kidney failure thats not as important???
kidneys, stomach, uncles or a possiblity that a stupid jerk takes 20g of tylenol and dies? man thats hes stupidity that killed him READ THE LABELS NO MORE THAN 4 Grams per day 2 extra strenth tylenol is 1g