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• FDA Panel Calls For Restrictive Rules for Vicodin, Hydrocodone Painkillers

  January 28, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of drug safety advisers is calling for new limits on the use of hydrocodone-based painkillers, such as Vicodin,...

• FDA Warns of Acetaminophen Toxicity Risk From Doubling Dosing

  January 25, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  Federal health officials are warning consumers battling the flu to be aware that many medications contain acetaminophen and they may...

• Thousands Concerned Over Energy Drinks Poisoning Called Help Lines

  January 25, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  Poison control centers throughout the United States have fielded thousands of calls over the past year from individuals expressing concerns...

• Study Finds Risk of Accidents, Road Injuries Linked to Opioid Medications

  January 17, 2013

  Martha Garcia

  People who take powerful opioid-based painkillers, like oxycodone and codeine, appear to face an increased risk of suffering injuries in...

• FDA Draft Guidance Issued to Combat Opioid Drug Abuse

  January 10, 2013

  Martha Garcia

  Overdoses linked to the use of prescription opioid drugs continue to rise, causing concern for future abuse. In response, the...

• FDA Advisors Vote Against New Hydrocodone Painkiller

  December 12, 2012

  Martha Garcia

  An FDA advisory committee recommended last week that the U.S. drug regulatory agency not approve a new hydrocodone-based narcotic drug...

• Qualitest Generic Vicodin Recall Expanded Due to Risk of Overdose

  December 10, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  A recall for generic Vicodin tablets manufactured by Qualitest has been expanded from one lot of 100-count bottles to include...

• New Hydrocodone Painkiller Could Be Abused, FDA Warns

  December 6, 2012

  Martha Garcia

  Federal health investigators warn that a proposed narcotic pain killing drug developed by Zogenix Inc., which would be marketed as...

• Hospitals Give Patients Too Much Acetaminophen: Study

  November 15, 2012

  Austin Kirk

  The findings of a new study suggests that hospitals may be routinely giving patients excessive, and possibly dangerous, amounts of...

• Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Recall Due to Oversized Pills

  September 24, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  A potential risk of oversized pills that may cause a drug overdose has led to the second recall in less...