Will Tylenol Ban Increase OxyContin Addiction?
I hear the FDA is looking at banning prescription drugs containing acetaminophen, as well as drugs containing acetaminophen that are sold over the counter - Tylenol, Excedrin, and so on.
I realize that acetaminophen can cause liver damage but I don’t understand why that would be motivation to ban the prescription drugs containing it, like Vicodin, when there are so many other side effects - like shallow breathing, slow heartbeat, ligh-headedness and dizziness, fainting, confusion, fear, unusual thoughts or behavior and seizures, to name just a few – that haven’t been reason enough to get rid of those drugs. Not to mention the fact that every drug rehab program in the country is servicing people who’ve become addicted to these drugs.
It makes me wonder what the drug companies are up to. If Vicodin and Percocet are banned, that will probably increase the sales of OxyContin – which I’m sure have suffered since Purdue was fined $634 million for lying about how addictive it was. They even said it was less addictive than Percocet and Vicodin.
Also, if we can’t buy Tylenol or Excedrin we’re also more likely to get OxyContin from our doctor. Next thing you know we’ll be taking OxyContin for mild headaches and things we would normally take Tylenol for, and the drug treatment centers will continue to fill up. This time for OxyContin rehab – and there are already plenty of people in treatment for OxyContin addiction right now.
I think it would be wise for anyone who takes Tylenol or Excedrin, or any other drugs that might be included in this ban, to start finding another solution to their problem. Getting onto OxyContin could be far worse than Tylenol ever was.
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I have ran a inpatient pharmacy as helped in retail pharmacies i do think this ban is a lil to far i think what they did with ssris like prozac,paxil,wellbutrin and so other antidepressants is give out special patient leaflets also u can get oxycodone/325acetamenaphin which is a regular strenght tylenol tablet combo and if it does go into effect they do make oxycodone IR immediate release which i think would be highly comparable to percocet. I am a fan of banning darvocet and lorcet other drugs that contain more then 325mgs of tylenol combo. A lot of drs now prescribe Norco wich is a alternative to vicoden with various hydrocodone from 2.5 to 10mg per pill with 325mg of tylenol. the biggest suffer’s are going to be chronic pain patients like myself that use fentanyl patches with norco 10/325’s for breakthrough pain but like i said a minor switch to oxycodone IR probably would be a good substitue all this is gonna do is put massive strain on drs finding alternative drugs that ppl need to go on and i agree some will go on stronger narcotics then needed oxycontin on the other hand is a safe drug when used correctly ppl need to take less pills but drug abusers crush the pill releasing the full possibly fatal dose of the drug all at once.
Comment by Brian — July 8, 2009 @ 6:04 pm