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Attorney Brian Oxman, who helped represent Jackson during the molestation trial, says dozens of drug vials, including Zoloft, Percocet, Vicodin and Demerol, were found at the time. Oxman told TIME: "Instead of pursuing the evidence which was staring them right in the face really - overprescription by doctors, overprescription by employees who were providing him with their drugs - instead of pursuing that which was an obvious, easily proved case they went after the molestation...
...here because there are inadvertent overdoses with this drug that are fatal.' DR. JUDITH KRAMER, an expert on a Food and Drug Administration panel that recommended banning painkillers like Vicodin and Percocet and reducing the maximum dosage of Tylenol because the products contain acetaminophen, a drug associated with liver damage...
...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, but it could also indicate elimination only of the pairing of acetaminophen and a narcotic (like hydrocodone or oxycodone), the other primary pain-relieving ingredient contained in Vicodin and Percocet. "The question did not specify, so conceivably panel members could have had different interpretations," says Ruth Day, director of the medical cognition...
Will I still be able to fill my prescription for Vicodin or Percocet? Yes. While the FDA usually follows the recommendations of its advisory panels, the recommendations are not binding. Even if they were, they would not take effect without careful consideration by the FDA of patients who currently rely on these medications for pain relief. "Any change would be carefully orchestrated to ensure that people are not at risk of not having access to their pain medication," says Dr. Judith Kramer, an internist at Duke University Medical Center and a voting member of the committee...
...recommend eliminating acetaminophen-containing prescription drugs but not over-the-counter products? The members based their decision on the studies and data that were presented to them during the two-day meeting. The vast majority of studies linking liver failure to acetaminophen use involve prescription acetaminophen products, such as Vicodin or Percocet. More than 60% of the acetaminophen-associated liver problems occurred in patients using prescription medications, while only 10% occurred in those using nonprescription pain remedies. "The recommendations of the committee are based not on the logic of what we think is happening but on the data presented...