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FDA Offers Advisory for Painkillers

By Joanne Silberner
Published December 22, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 20 years ago.

Amid new and often confusing revelations about painkillers currently on the market, the Food and Drug Administration issues an interim advisory while it compares data on pain relievers. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

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Joanne Silberner
Joanne Silberner is a health policy correspondent for National Public Radio. She covers medicine, health reform, and changes in the health care marketplace.

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