FDA approves new opioid painkiller said to last 24 hours

Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 21:00 in Health & Medicine

Federal regulators gave the green light to a once-a-day opioid pain-relief pill that is up to 24 times more powerful than a single Vicodin but is designed to thwart the immediate release of its full — and potentially lethal — payload.

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