Boston Public Health Commission Urges FDA to Issue Warnings for Dangerous Combination of Medications

Monday Feb 22nd, 2016

Monica Valdes Lupi from the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) has joined city and state health directors from across the country in calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt labels that explicitly warn users about a dangerous combination of medications helping drive the nation’s prescription drug overdose epidemic.

In a petition submitted to the FDA, health directors and commissioners from 13 cities and 17 states and territories called for a “black box warning” on opioids and benzodiazepines stating that the concurrent use of both medications increases the risk of fatal overdose. Black box warnings appear on the labels of prescription drugs and call attention to serious or life-threatening risks.  A second petition, posted on Change.Org, can be signed by the public.

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