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Tapentadol Tablets For Moderate To Scute Pain In Over 18s Now Available For Use In The United States
German pain expert company GrÃønenthal GmbH announces that the new centrally acting analgesic tapentadol is now available in the United States. The drug is indicated for the relief of moderate to severe acute pain in patients 18 years of age and older. Approval was given by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2008 for tapentadol (NUCYNTATM) tablets. With the cooperation of GrÃønenthal and its marketing partner Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the medication can now be prescribed by physicians and other appropriate health care professionals in the United States.
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Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

Fair Pay For Caregivers New York Times Further delay in rescinding a measure that denies caregivers fair pay raises the danger that their plight will get mired in the broader debate over health care costs (7/8). Primary Care Key To Health Coverage Monterey County Herald ò€ŽWe are currently a country of medical specialists as opposed to primary care physicians (Pompan and Del Piero, 7/9). Health-Care Reform Requires Facts, Discussion Arizona Daily Star While Congress and President Obama wrangle over the details of reforming the way Americans access and pay for medical care, they must hold firm to several principles (7/9). Obama Can"t Be Trusted With Numbers Wall Street Journal It is speculative that these cuts will actually be made, when they would begin, or whether they would reduce government health-care spending (Rove, 7/9). Give Up A Benefit, Gain Jobs Washington Post With union membership shrinking and wages strained, it might sound crazy to argue that labor should voluntarily give up a huge fringe benefit: tax-free health insurance provided by employers. But it should (Burman, 7/9). Limited Choices National Review Online The results attained by government-run health-insurance markets in Massachusetts and the Netherlands provide equally cautionary evidence: Such markets limit competition, do not control costs, discourage entrepreneurial efforts, and thus cause consumer dissatisfaction (Herzlinger, 7/9). Congress Can Fix The Health Care System For Kids Chicago Defender My chief concern about the House proposal is its failure to ensure that children will be better off than they are now and that some children are at risk of being worse off (Edelman, 7/8). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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