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FDA Acetaminophen Recommendations
An FDA Advisory Committee recently recommended some changes regarding the use and availability of the very common pain medicine acetaminophen. The Advisory Committee was acting on concerns over the incidence of acetaminophen overdosing that have resulted in serious harm to the liver and sometimes death. To address these concerns the Committee made several recommendations including limiting the recommended cumulative daily dose of acetaminophen; limiting the size of the single dose of acetami...
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