FDA orders stronger warnings about risk of using opioid painkillers with certain anti-anxiety drugs
The Food and 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: Melissa Healy Source Type: news
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