FDA Panel Urges Ban on Vicodin, Percocet
Dr. John H. Klippel, chief executive officer of the Arthritis Foundation, said Tuesday's votes were very important to "people with arthritis because acetaminophen is a very commonly used medication to control pain."
"Lowering the maximum dose, providing that kind of guidance to patients, if it increases safety, would be something the arthritis community would support," he said. "Every person who takes this drug sees it as valuable, but they want clear guidance so they won't be harmed by the drug."
Dr. Lewis W. Teperman, director of transplant surgery and vice chairman of surgery at New York University School of Medicine, said he also supported the panel's decision to recommend lowering doses of acetaminophen.
"It's not that the doses can get you in trouble, but the very young and the very old can get into trouble easily," he said. Also if you are sick, there is the danger of taking cold remedies that contain acetaminophen plus taking pure acetaminophen drugs as well, he noted.
But Klippel added that the vote to make the 1,000-milligram dose of acetaminophen available by prescription only would overburden the health-care system.
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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