FDA orders stronger warnings about risk of using opioid painkillers with certain antidepressants

The Food& Drug Administration is issuing strong new warnings that the combined use of opioid medications and benzodiazepines, a class of anti-anxiety medications better known by such commercial names as Xanax and Ativan, can dangerously suppress breathing and cause coma or death.The drug safety...
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - Category: Science Authors: Source Type: news