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The Government Is Trying to Take Away Your Vicodin
Bad news, narcotics (ab)users: a federal advisory board has just recommended that the FDA ban Percocet and Vicodin.
The panel’s 20-17 vote to recommend a ban on the combination drugs was one of 11 it took at a meeting called to advise the F.D.A. on problems arising from the extraordinary popularity of acetaminophen. In 2005, American consumers bought 28 billion doses of products containing the ingredient.
For those of you keeping score at home, that’s 93 pills a year for every American man, woman, and child! Granted, this includes all drugs with acetaminophen, like Tylenol, but still, Vicodin and friends are prescribed 100 million times a year. Move over, crystal meth! The real question here, though, is what effect will this have on America’s rich tradition of painkiller art? A look back at the golden age, after the jump.
Note that this recommended ban, which was prompted by the fact that Vicodin is a big f*ck-you to your liver when combined with JD, Keystone Light, and Skoal (an all-around bad night that was!), was only voted on 20-17 and the FDA doesn’t always take the panel up on its recommendations. Usually, though. Also, this gem:
But they voted 20 to 17 against limiting the number of pills allowed in each bottle, with members saying such a limit would probably have little effect and could hurt rural and poor patients. Bottles of 1,000 pills are often sold at discount chains.
“We have no data to show that people who overdose shop at Costco,” said Dr. Edward Covington, a panel member from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Are you saying we Costco shoppers can’t afford to OD on prescription painkillers, Dr. Douchebag Covington? We have our own drugs to OD on, thank you very much. Like freon from discarded refridgerators. And lead paint.
Finally, a tribute in song to the Painkiller Revolution.
Three 6 Mafia – OxyContin (Chopped and Screwed)
D12 feat. Eminem – Purple Pills
(That version kind of sucks, but here’s the link to the “Purple Pills” version, which can’t be embedded.)
Queens of the Stone Age – Feel Good Hit of the Summer
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Bad news abusers? No. Bad news for those that have chronic pain issues and need medication? Yes. This is beyond stupid.
If high doses of acetaminophen cause liver damage, it only makes sense to reduce the dosage. I would think doctors could easily prescribe the other drugs contained in Vicodin and Percocet separately from acetaminophen.
Right now I don’t believe there is a pill that contains just hydrocodone. The acetaminophen is in the pills to help with pain because the hydrocodone doesn’t kill the pain, it only makes it more bearable. When hydrocodone is prescribed alone it has the ability to just make you really sick (or high). The acetaminophen makes taking the hydrocodone more tolerable.
well dammit it’s also bad news if you’re just trying to have a party with only yourself, a bottle of vicodin, and a selection of your fluffiest pillows.
Oh Ben, I never knew we had this much in common!
<3
Miss Sabrina
hey everyone loves a party.
i love how everyone is a pharmacist, the acetaminophen is mixed in for a buffer it is like cutting dope with b12 or baby laxative if you really have pain like cancer sufferers the doctor will kick down with 5/10 or even 20mg oxy’s they are tiny and don’t have the Tylenol or motrin in them fuck the buffer. trust me when i say the opiate is what kills the pain. the whole fucking thing is one big joke and anyone strung out on pain killers long enough for them to get them constipated is no different than a junky! i have the answer for anyone with chronic pain and can’t get their fix and it is called Kratom. it works, it tastes like shit but it works great for pain and it is totally legal look it up! it has been used by the east for century’s to get off of opium and when i have tooth pain or back pain i use it because the kick or for the lame the withdrawal is way less harsh than opiates