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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[mr_stinky_britches]

For your headaches.. have you tried drinking more water? Do you regularly drink 8 large glasses every 24 hours? If not, your headaches or migraines may very well becaused by dehydration. This may seem obvious, but the reality is that many computer/engineering types walk around dehydrated all the time. Hence their nasty breath.

Good Luck.