Vicodin To Be Banned? Not Because of the Opiates

Finally, the FDA is making some sense. Concerned about the rising incidence of liver damage resulting from the presence of acetomenophen (generic Tylenol) in almost ever pain killing drug on the market, the FDA's advisory panel may recommend the drug be taken off the market.

People take too much acetomenophen, a drug that does terrible damage to the liver if taken in moderate to large amounts, because they do not realize that the drug is present in so many over the counter preparations and most Americans are unaware that acetomenophen is more toxic than heroin.

Ironically, the main reason Vicoden contains acetomenophen is to prevent abuse of the opiate hydrocodone, the ingredient that is the main reason people take Vicoden. Hydorcodone abuse can lead to physical addition and, in extreme doses, death ... but this ignores the fact that acetomenophen overdoses kill just as dead.

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