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Posted on Thu, Jul 02, 2009

Painkillers at a crossroads as FDA decision looms

Pain is such a common problem in the United States that Vicodin is the most widely prescribed drug in the country. It alleviates the pain of surgery, soothes aching joints, and beckons to Gregory House, the misanthropic TV doctor played by Hugh Laurie. »Read story

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