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Experts want smaller doses of Tylenol to prevent liver injury

Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.

The Food and Drug Administration assembled 37 experts to recommend ways to reduce deadly overdoses withacetaminophen, which is the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S. and...

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