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FDA warns of fatal risks from mixing opioids and sedatives

FDA warns of fatal risks from mixing opioids and sedatives
FDA warns of fatal risks from mixing opioids and sedatives
FDA warns of fatal risks from mixing opioids and sedativesPhoto: Toby Talbot, Associated Press Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Painkillers like hydrocodone have been linked to deadly overdoses.The Food and Drug Administra tion will issue new warnings about the potentially fatal consequences of mixing prescription painkillers and popular sedatives like Valium and Xanax.less Painkillers like hydrocodone have been linked to deadly overdoses.


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FDA warns against combined use of opioids and benzodiazepines

FDA warns against combined use of opioids and benzodiazepines
FDA warns against combined use of opioids and benzodiazepines
SILVER SPRING, Md.- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it is requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information, for almost 400 products to help inform health care providers and patients of the serious risks associated with the combined use of certain opioid medications and a class of central nervous system depressant drugs called benzodiazepines."It is nothing short of a public health crisis when you see a substantial increase of avoidable overdose and death related to two widely used drug classes being taken together," stated FDA Commissioner Robert Califf.


in like manner statnews

FDA warns against combining opioids with anxiety pills

FDA warns against combining opioids with anxiety pills
FDA warns against combining opioids with anxiety pills
The Food and Drug Administration will now require its strongest warnings on the labels of certain prescription painkillers and anxiety medications, alerting doctors and patients about the risk of combining the drugs.The new requirements for opioid analgesics (which include oxycodone and hydrocodone) and benzodiazepines follow a 41 percent increase in the number of patients prescribed both classes of drugs over the last decade and a resulting increase in overdose deaths in which they were used together.According to the FDA, such overdose deaths tripled from 2004 to 2011.


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