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Acetaminophen/Tylenol
Today an advisory group that the FDA created recommended that the drugs Vicodin and Percocet – which are combinations of a narcotic and Acetaminophen(the active ingredient in Tylenol) – be removed from use. There are forms of each of these narcotics that do not contain acetaminophen, and this recommendation would not affect those single ingredient narcotics.
The [...]
Over The Counter Medication Safety
29. June 2009
Over The Counter Drug Recalls
This morning on The Denver Channel 7 we discussed the recent recalls of Zicam and Stamina-RX. Both of these over the counter medications were recalled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after problems were discovered with the medications or their side effect (the unintended results of taking the drug).
The Zicam [...]
1. July 2009
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