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Ban on Vicodin and Percocet Limitation on Tylenol
Proposed Tylenol restrictions worry patients
FDA is considering reduced maximum dose, ban on Vicodin and Percocet
WASHINGTON - Proposed limits on Tylenol, a painkiller as common as pain itself, have left many consumers fearful, confused and wondering where to turn for relief. The potential government crackdown on acetaminophen, Tylenol's main ingredient, would affect everyone from occasional pill poppers to chronic pain sufferers who rely on daily doses to make their lives more bearable.
If adopted by the Food and Drug Administration, the changes would lower the maximum over-the-counter Tylenol dose and would ban two narcotic painkillers, Vicodin and Percocet, which also contain acetaminophen.
Yet another painkiller, propoxyphene, was the target of FDA action on Tuesday. Also sold as Darvon and in an acetaminophen combination called Darvocet, it has been linked to accidental overdoses and suicides. The prescription medication will now come with a pamphlet describing the risk.
More ....... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31782102/ns/health-more_health_news/
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I think people have been aware for YEARS that you cannot take too much Tylenol or it can hurt your liver but to liken Vicodin and Percocet to "candy mixed with poison" is just ludicrous. All meds have their place in the world and not everybody becomes addicted to them. It's up to the doctors to make sure they are not over prescribing - not take away these sort of mild pain meds to the rest of the world who can use them judiciously. That's my opinion.
FDA is considering reduced maximum dose, ban on Vicodin and Percocet
WASHINGTON - Proposed limits on Tylenol, a painkiller as common as pain itself, have left many consumers fearful, confused and wondering where to turn for relief. The potential government crackdown on acetaminophen, Tylenol's main ingredient, would affect everyone from occasional pill poppers to chronic pain sufferers who rely on daily doses to make their lives more bearable.
If adopted by the Food and Drug Administration, the changes would lower the maximum over-the-counter Tylenol dose and would ban two narcotic painkillers, Vicodin and Percocet, which also contain acetaminophen.
Yet another painkiller, propoxyphene, was the target of FDA action on Tuesday. Also sold as Darvon and in an acetaminophen combination called Darvocet, it has been linked to accidental overdoses and suicides. The prescription medication will now come with a pamphlet describing the risk.
More ....... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31782102/ns/health-more_health_news/
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I think people have been aware for YEARS that you cannot take too much Tylenol or it can hurt your liver but to liken Vicodin and Percocet to "candy mixed with poison" is just ludicrous. All meds have their place in the world and not everybody becomes addicted to them. It's up to the doctors to make sure they are not over prescribing - not take away these sort of mild pain meds to the rest of the world who can use them judiciously. That's my opinion.
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no kidding.
All I said was, and I admitted it was a generalization, that according to those I talked to,
INCLUDING muslims, that their own doctors lack of sterilization is the act that spread this disease in their populaces and why their rates of the disease is off the charts!
How saying OTHERS did this to them can be perceived as predudice is beyond me.
What I said was actually a statement in their DEFENSE...stating most of them did not do this to themselves.
It should also be a warning to us all.
Example: I told my doctor in 85 I want NO blood products due to AIDS (and no detection method for screening blood then.... and woke up with a bag of plasma in my arm..
This for a simple shoudler surgery where I barely bled.
this from a highly respected american doctor...so do I think a lot of people have been victimized by inept medical professional...you bet I do.
My problem was I did not get this in writing, and he did it in spite of my instructions.
Without proof in writing it was his word against mine that I told him NOT to do it.
And now I have HCV..
So I know how frustrated these people are with their doctors, I've been there.
Unfortunately, even today that risk exists everywhere.
Las Vegas had a lazy anesthesiologist this year infect hundreds, and a nurse this week from Colorado was in the news and she infected hundreds.
This is happening everywhere...STILL...in spite of all we know.
I'm done with this subject, and I apologize for my part in adding an adjuct to the subject.
My point, which was germaine to the actual issue in my mind at least, was that a lot of people worldwide are being made sick by bad drugs and bad medical practices!
mb
no kidding.
All I said was, and I admitted it was a generalization, that according to those I talked to,
INCLUDING muslims, that their own doctors lack of sterilization is the act that spread this disease in their populaces and why their rates of the disease is off the charts!
How saying OTHERS did this to them can be perceived as predudice is beyond me.
What I said was actually a statement in their DEFENSE...stating most of them did not do this to themselves.
It should also be a warning to us all.
Example: I told my doctor in 85 I want NO blood products due to AIDS (and no detection method for screening blood then.... and woke up with a bag of plasma in my arm..
This for a simple shoudler surgery where I barely bled.
this from a highly respected american doctor...so do I think a lot of people have been victimized by inept medical professional...you bet I do.
My problem was I did not get this in writing, and he did it in spite of my instructions.
Without proof in writing it was his word against mine that I told him NOT to do it.
And now I have HCV..
So I know how frustrated these people are with their doctors, I've been there.
Unfortunately, even today that risk exists everywhere.
Las Vegas had a lazy anesthesiologist this year infect hundreds, and a nurse this week from Colorado was in the news and she infected hundreds.
This is happening everywhere...STILL...in spite of all we know.
I'm done with this subject, and I apologize for my part in adding an adjuct to the subject.
My point, which was germaine to the actual issue in my mind at least, was that a lot of people worldwide are being made sick by bad drugs and bad medical practices!
mb
I'm not following either. My mom, the Muslim from Sweden....
Or .... Turkey.... the Muslim country in Europe, or Mali in Africa, etc... etc...
Or .... Turkey.... the Muslim country in Europe, or Mali in Africa, etc... etc...
So, reallly what you are saying is that Middle Easteners are or are not Muslims?
It was getting hard to follow there for a while.
I better check with my husband....the Jehovah's Witness from Lebannon.
Lebannon is in the Middle East, right?
It was getting hard to follow there for a while.
I better check with my husband....the Jehovah's Witness from Lebannon.
Lebannon is in the Middle East, right?
I have got to say that over the 2 years + I have been a member; I have seen a lot of threads take many twist and turns.
This is the first time I have seen one turn this fast, so someone can get on their Soap Box and claim their religion (Atheism).
I see no relevance to this thread just an opportunity.
This is the first time I have seen one turn this fast, so someone can get on their Soap Box and claim their religion (Atheism).
I see no relevance to this thread just an opportunity.
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