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...wire reports, chanting slogans such as "The Germans are the enemies of God" and "Down with Germany." Sherbini's brother told the Associated Press that the family would "avenge her killing" and the Sheik of Al-Azhar, one of Egypt's top government-sponsored religious authorities, called for the maximum punishment for Sherbini's murderer. The Egyptian Pharmacists' Syndicate has even suggested a boycott of German drugs. (See TIME's photos of the Muslim world...
According to Pierre, O'Brien faces a maximum penalty of 13 felonies, each carrying a maximum sentence of five years in state prison, along with five misdemeanors, each carrying a maximum sentence of 2.5 years in a house of corrections. While the sentence could aggregate to nearly 80 years of jail time, Pierre said a judge will ultimately determine how the sentences are distributed...
...June 30 vote by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee to lower the maximum dosage of over-the-counter drugs containing acetaminophen and eliminate prescription acetaminophen-combination painkillers raised questions about what changes consumers should expect in the availability of the popular drug. The commonly used pain- and fever-reliever known as Tylenol is found in several nonprescription cough and cold remedies, including NyQuil and Theraflu. Patients are also asking what potential dangers their daily use of acetaminophen may pose. TIME.com talked to members of the FDA committee as well as pain experts to sort through some...
What exactly did the panel recommend? The FDA advisory panel, made up of scientists, doctors and consumer representatives, voted to make four major changes in the way acetaminophen is dispensed and packaged. First, it voted 21 to 6 in favor of lowering the maximum daily dose of nonprescription acetaminophen for adults, which is currently set at 4,000 mg; the panel did not specify a new maximum dosage. Second, the committee voted 24 to 13 to reduce the maximum single adult daily dose to 650 mg from the current maximum of 1,000 mg, or the equivalent of two tablets...
...acetaminophen safe to take every day? Many people take Tylenol daily to relieve pain from chronic conditions such as arthritis, or they take Tylenol PM regularly to help them sleep. If taken as directed, doctors say these products are safe. At issue is the maximum daily dosage, which people may inadvertently exceed when taking a combination of medications that contain acetaminophen. Most people do not realize that the ingredient is present in so many different popular over-the-counter remedies...