FDA Warns of Acetaminophen in Prescription Pain Drugs

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FDA Warns of Acetaminophen in Prescription Pain Drugs

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Prescription pain drugs that contain acetaminophen -- among the most-prescribed drugs in the U.S. -- will get a black-box label warning of liver-injury risk and a 325 mg limit on acetaminophen dose.

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