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Canadian Doctors Urge Caution After FDA Approves Controversial New Opioid Pill

Summary by Dr. Joseph Mercola
  • November 08, 2018

There’s a new pain pill about to enter the U.S. market, and Canadian doctors are criticizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approving it. The drug, Dsuvia, dissolves under your tongue and is five to 10 times more powerful than fentanyl, a pain medication that, along with regular opioids like Oxycontin, has been the source of tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. Yahoo! said FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CBS News the FDA’s decision was influenced...