WASHINGTON – Federal health regulators are limiting a key ingredient found in Vicodin, Percocet and other prescription painkillers that have been linked to thousands of cases of liver damage each year.
Acetaminophen, which is most commonly known for being in Tylenol but appears in a wide spread of medicines, will be limited in the future. It is also the base for many painkillers, for example, oxycodone or codeine. "Acetaminophen is the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S. and sends 56,000 people to the emergency room annually. About 200 of them die," the article above explains.
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.... the hell? Wow.
It's already limited in the UK - we can only buy up to a certain amount of it over the counter, with larger amounts needing a prescription. Of course, that's confounded by the fact that you can just walk along the street and into the next shop.
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