Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone News

By itself and taken properly, Tylenol is considered by doctors a reliable, safe pain medication.

Talk of the Nation , July 1, 2009 An FDA advisory panel yesterday warned about the risk of acetaminophen, a painkiller in Tylenol, Nyquil and other drugs.

Eau Claire Eau Claire family physician sides with FDA panel decision. A Food and Drug Administration panel says prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses.

If Vicodin, Percocet banned, what next? UPDATED 2009-07-02 Experts say that if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration chooses to ban Vicodin and Percocet as its advisory panel suggests, the move won't be too drastic because alternatives exist.

An FDA advisory panel has recommended that the agency remove prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen and powerful painkillers -- such as Percocet, which is formulated with oxycodone, and Vicodin, which is formulated with hydrocodone -- from the market because of the risk of liver injury associated with misuse of the products.

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.

For most people, acetaminophen is likely considered one of the more benign drugs in their medicine cabinets.

Yesterday an FDA advisory panel recommended that Vicodin, Percocet, and other painkillers combining opioids with acetaminophen be taken off the market.

A panel assembled by the Food and Drug Administration voted 20 to 17 to advise the FDA to remove from the market drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet that combine acetaminophen with narcotics.

A recommendation this week that narcotic painkillers such as Vicodin and Percocet be banned would have big implications for both local physicians and patients, officials say.

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

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.

If a U.S. Food and Drug Administration expert panel has its way, prescription pain killers, like Vicodin and Percocet that contain acetaminophen will be eliminated from the country's formularies.

Government experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses.

The premise Jackie Peyton is an ER nurse at All Saints, a Catholic hospital in New York.

In its June 2009 issue of the Patient Safety News, the FDA is once again encouraging patients to be smart and safe when taking acetaminophen.

A woman appeared in court Wednesday on charges of attempting to receive more medication than prescribed by way of a forged prescription.

A Westmoreland County doctor and his patient, who allegedly conspired to obtain pills by writing and passing scripts in the name of the patient's family members, were arrested Wednesday by agents from the attorney general's office.

Police in Lafayette are looking for a man who robbed a Walgreen's for prescription pain pills.

After years of struggling with an expensive prescription-drug addiction, Stephanie Thompson decided it was time to seek help.