Taking Vicodin For Arthritis

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Experts say that if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chooses to ban Vicodin and Percocet as its advisory panel suggests, the move won't be too drastic because alternatives exist. Both of these medications contain an opioid (narcotic) painkiller and acetaminophen, the painkiller found in Tylenol. The FDA panel made this recommendation because of concerns about liver damage from users unknowlingly taking too-high doses of acetaminopen. But pain specialists say the problem isn't either...

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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Vicodin and Percocet

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Why ban Vicodin and Percocet? The reason the FDA is considering changing their recommendations is that acetaminophen overdose is currently the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S.   What is in the drugs? The advisory panel recommended...