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The prescription painkillers Percocet and Vicodin should be banned, and Tylenol, sold over the counter, should be taken in reduced doses, because one of the three medications' ingredients, acetaminophen, is linked to liver damage, federal advisers said.
Outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 20 to 17 yesterday for a ban on the pain drugs. The panel agreed earlier that Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol should be given in lower doses than recommended and that the extra-strength version should be sold by prescription only.
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