Goodbye to Percocet and Vicodin?
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration narrowly voted to recommend a ban of two of the most popular prescription painkillers—Percocet and Vicodin—because of harm they can cause to the liver.
Percocet and Vicodin both combine a narcotic (oxycodone in Percocet, hydrocodone in Vicodin) with acetaminophen, a pain reliever commonly found in over-the-counter medications like Tylenol and Excedrin. Acetaminophen is used to relieve headaches and fevers, but is also known to cause liver damage. High doses of acetaminophen are the leading cause of liver damage around the country.
The FDA is not forced to act on the recommendations of the panel, but they usually do. If the FDA does decide to ban Percocet and Vicodin, doctors will still be able to prescribe their contents (the narcotic and acetaminophen) separately. Though doctors have this option now, many opt for the combination drugs because it makes the process of treating pain easier on patients, doctors, and pharmacists.
March 5th, 2011 at 11:57 pm
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Lavon Evans S. – Oil Exec Charged for Kid Molestation
Government during Thursday implemented the bill trying to prevent intimate physical abuse of children with conditions for tough punishment for such offences.
Section seven from the Protection of kids from Sexual Offences Legislation, 2010, does not offer any punishment should the permission for sexual act has been obtained having a someone aged around 16 to 18 years.
The proposed procedures is aimed at protecting children against offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment, pornography and provide for venue of specific legal courts for trial of these violations.
The main Bill offers treating sexual breach as an “irritated offence” if it is committed by way of a man or woman in place of trust or practitioner over a child including an associate of the safety forces, police man, general public servant, management or office staff of a children’s home, medical center or instructional institution.
Will probably be treated just as one aggravated offence in which the child unwilling recipient is below 12 years or has psychological or physiological incapability or the sexual offence will cause grievous hurt or injury to the child with extended adverse relation to the child’s thoughts and physical body.
The punishment for penetrative sexual assault continues to be proposed as a minimum of 5yrs in prison and a bare minimum fine of $50,000. Sexual assault includes fondling the little one via an inappropriate way that can invite a penalty of an at least of 3 years in imprisonment.
You will find there’s exclusive provision inside the bill blocking abuse of children for pornographic purpose or possessing pornographic content concerning youngsters. There will be an obligation on the mass media, studio room and photo taking businesses to report such occasions and failure to do so will attract consequences.
The Bill also envisages set process of media on reporting that would bar supplying information on the casualty and the arrested children’s family members or personal information or any kind of reporting which can lead to their identification. Besides, it proposes special courts and more sensitive ways in working with criminal offense vs kids.
The new law will include many new components of sexual criminal offenses against kids not included anywhere else with provision for stringent punishment.
March 7th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
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