Painkiller Safety
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-07-02/painkiller-safety
An update on recommendations to the Food and Drug Administration to restrict acetaminophen and ban the popular painkillers Percocet and Vicodin because of possible risks of overdose and liver damage.
Guests
Dr. Sidney Wolfe
director of the Health Research Group at Public Citizen; editor of WorstPills.org
Dr. Andrew Putnam
director, palliative care program at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center
Linda Suydam
president, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association
Dr. Sandra Kweder
deputy director of the FDA's Office of New Drugs
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