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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...
In a separate vote, the panel recommended 36 to 1 that if acetaminophen-containing prescription drugs stay on the market, they should carry a black-box warning, the most serious safety label for prescription medications.
Why? The panel's recommendations were geared toward protecting consumers from potential liver damage due to unintentional overdose from the drug. According to the FDA, acetaminophen remains the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S., despite repeated government warnings. However, the majority of acetaminophen-related deaths are due to...
Did the panel recommend banning the painkillers Vicodin and Percocet? It's unclear. The wording of the question on which the members were asked to vote ("Do you recommend eliminating prescription acetaminophen combination products?") can be interpreted in two ways. A yes vote could indicate elimination of the product altogether...
The committee said that if combination prescription products were not stripped of their acetaminophen component, they should at least contain less of it - no more than 325 mg. (In some combination painkillers, the dose of acetaminophen can be as high as 750 mg.)