WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers want new restrictions on hydrocodone, the highly addictive painkiller that has grown into the most widely prescribed drug in the United States.
The recommendation from a panel of drug safety specialists would subject Vicodin and dozens of other medicines to the same restrictions as other narcotic drugs like oxycodone and morphine. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 19 to 10 in favor of the move, which is supported by the Drug Enforcement Agency. The FDA will weigh the vote in its decision-making process.
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Prescription drugs will always be abused by certain people. Doctors know how to prescribe drugs properly. Some doctors are part of the problem. Every 5 years a new painkiller comes on the market & helps many people live a normal life.