FDA Considers Banning Acetaminophen-Based Pain Killers

Greg George writes "The FDA has determined that Tylenol enhancing pain killers are dangerous enough to potentially be pulled from the market. Drugs including Vicodin, Hydrocodone, Lortab, Maxidone, Norco, Zydone, Tylenol with codeine, Percocet, Endocet, and Darvocet may be permanently banned from the US market, even if the patient has a prescription from a doctor. The problem is the key ingredient — acetaminophen — can easily damage or destroy a patient's liver if more than 2000 mg are used per day. In many cases that means if you take a pain killer and then take two extra strength Tylenol, you may have gone over the maximum dosage per day."

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Re:If You Drink Alcohol Avoid Acetaminophen

[gandhi_2]

three sisters are nurses

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Re:not really a ban

[ground.zero.612]

I agree with you completely and would like to add a couple things:

First, the Federal government regulates the drug companies through the FDA. Following that logic, it means the Federal government is willing to kill us.

Second, the Federal government doesn't think any of our people are rational actors. This is why they continue to erode the Constitution, and replace our rights with Acts that give the Feds more power than the Constitution limits them to in the first place.

Finally, I'm beginning to wonder if the doping of the masses really did start happening in the 50's and 60's. Mainly because the people I'm surrounded by on a daily basis seem to present themselves as being either a) apathetic to their current situation, or b) afraid to take up arms and revolt.