Implications
If the FDA is allowed to ban Vicodin & Percocet Katie bar the door!
Analysis
The FDA's reach has been increasing by the second & may be getting out of control. Most are all for regulation & controls, but not with form over substance. Absolute power corrupts Absolutely. If these recent attempts at banning Vicodin & Percocet are successful then Tylenol & similar basic pain medications may be out of our economic reach. After all, even if the basic milligrams are reduced people can still just take 2. Maybe warning levels should be enough. Most americans can still read or find a way to understand the label! The problem is even labeling has spiraled out of control as a separate print out is needed now to hold all the basic information. Most may not read the print, but many drugs actually have as possible residual affects the same symptoms you are taking the medication to make go away! The FDA is certainly on the right track to keep a close watch on these drugs, but this may go back to the days of massive book burnings! People still have the right to choose & the choice should be left to them if better informed. Acetaminophen has clearly become a hot topic, but let's not shoot from the hip!
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