Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Vaginal mesh cases [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Vaginal mesh cases [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Watson Settlement Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Watson Settlement Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Watson Settlement Agreement [Member]	Nov. 03, 2014 MCP cases [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Pending_Cases	Nov. 03, 2014 Propoxyphene cases [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Pending_Cases	Sep. 30, 2013 Department of Health and Human Services Subpoena and Related Matters [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 AMS [Member] Vaginal mesh cases [Member] settled_cases	Sep. 30, 2014 AMS [Member] Vaginal mesh cases [Member]	Nov. 03, 2014 AMS [Member] Vaginal mesh cases [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Pending_Cases	Sep. 30, 2014 Grunenthal Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Grunenthal Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Teikoku Seiyaku Co Ltd [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Teikoku Seiyaku Co Ltd [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Watson Laboratories, Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Watson Laboratories, Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Watson Laboratories, Inc [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments for royalties																		$ 13,500,000	$ 33,500,000
Royalty payable																		13,500,000
Additional milestone payment recognized																24,600,000	28,400,000
Reserve for loss contingencies	1,650,000,000		1,650,000,000		1,629,742,000	520,000,000
Product liability accrual, period expense														1,630,000,000
Pending claims, number										600	40				25,000
Loss contingency, claims settled, number													41,700
Loss contingency, accrual, current					728,200,000
Litigation settlement, amount												1,400,000
Percentage of royalty rate of gross sales (percent)																						25.00%
Royalty revenue																				0	28,600,000	51,300,000
Estimated litigation liability								0
Change in estimate of litigation liability	$ 0	$ 14,628,000	$ 0	$ 50,400,000			$ 14,628,000	$ 0	$ 50,400,000
Lawsuit filing period			45 days
Stay of approval period, Hatch-Waxman Act			30 months