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In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Tylenol drugs are shown in the drug department at Costco in Mountain View, Calif.

Published: Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 6:01 p.m. Gil Kerlikowske, President Barack Obama's drug czar, recently told the Wall Street Journal that the term "war on drugs" was outdated and he wanted it terminated.

Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.

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A Food and Drug Administration panel made several recommendations to limit the use of acetaminophen, a popular painkiller available over the counter in products such as Tylenol and Excedrin, and in prescription drugs.

Public schools are filled with eager, fresh-faced youngsters, and prisons contain many rough-looking adults with uninviting personalities.

Britain's strongest painkiller available without a prescription. At least 30,000 are hooked on this or similar pills, according to the Parliamentary report.

Banning the popular painkillers Percocet and Vicodin, which a U.S. health advisory panel has urged, would not be as drastic as it sounds, some medical experts contend.

It turns out that strip-searching a 13-year-old girl suspected of bringing ibuprofen to school is unreasonable.

Extra Strength Tylenol is one of several common painkillers containing acetaminophen, an ingredient that is toxic in high doses.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended on June 30 that the maximum over-the-counter dose of the popular pain reliever acetaminophen be lowered and that the current maximum single dose of the drug be available by prescription only.

The popular prescription painkillers Vicodin and Percocet, which combine acetaminophen with an opiate narcotic, should be banned, and the maximum dose of over-the-counter painkillers with acetaminophen, like Tylenol or Excedrin, should be lowered, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel urged Tuesday.

Supreme Court ruled late last week that Arizona middle school officials violated the Constitution when they strip-searched a 13-year-old girl suspected of having over-the-counter pain medication.

Johnson & Johnson a s Tylenol should be given in lower doses and the Extra-Strength version should be sold by prescription only to curb the risk of liver damage from the 50-year-old painkiller, a U.S. advisory panel said.

Q. I get terrible rebound headaches from anti-inflammatory drugs . My doctors seem to not believe me; instead, they insist that anti-inflammatories are just what I need for arthritis.

In this Dec. 12, 2007 file photo, Tylenol drugs are shown in the drug department at Costco in Mountain View, Calif.

Chances are you -- like 45 million other Americans -- have been affected by a headache in the past year.

That used to be the case for Ross Helfer of Charlotte, N.C. He suffered from both tendonitis in his right arm and chronic knee pain brought on by a tear to the meniscus in his knee.

A review of the scientific literature says that caffeine modestly improves airway function for up to four hours .

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