INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013		Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Amortization and Impairments of Finite-lived Intangible Assets Developed Markets Non-recurring basis Ezogabine Retigabine	Sep. 30, 2013 Amortization and Impairments of Finite-lived Intangible Assets Developed Markets Non-recurring basis Discontinued OTC Skincare [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Amortization and Impairments of Finite-lived Intangible Assets Developed Markets Non-recurring basis Opana	Sep. 30, 2013 In-process Research and Development Impairments and Other Charges Developed Markets Non-recurring basis Ezogabine Retigabine	Sep. 30, 2013 U.S Amortization and Impairments of Finite-lived Intangible Assets Developed Markets Non-recurring basis Discontinued OTC Skincare [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Australia Amortization and Impairments of Finite-lived Intangible Assets Developed Markets Non-recurring basis Discontinued OTC Skincare [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Brazilian, Canadian, and Polish Markets [Member] Amortization and Impairments of Finite-lived Intangible Assets Developed Markets Non-recurring basis Discontinued OTC Skincare [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Brazilian, Canadian, and Polish Markets [Member] Amortization and Impairments of Finite-lived Intangible Assets Developed Markets Non-recurring basis Opana	Sep. 30, 2013 In Process Research and Development [Member] In-process Research and Development Impairments and Other Charges Non-recurring basis Ezogabine Retigabine	Sep. 30, 2013 In Process Research and Development [Member] In-process Research and Development Impairments and Other Charges Non-recurring basis Lacrisert
Intangible assets
Impairment charges on intangible assets							$ 551,600,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 22,200,000	$ 93,800,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 31,500,000	$ 22,300,000	$ 22,200,000	$ 93,800,000	$ 27,300,000
Amortization expense related to intangible assets recorded as follows:
Cost of goods sold	0		0	0		2,557,000
Amortization and impairments of finite-lived intangible assets (see Note 10)	910,248,000		218,187,000	1,540,021,000		629,400,000
Total amortization of intangible assets	910,248,000		218,187,000	1,540,021,000		631,957,000
Estimated aggregate amortization expense
2013	1,243,488,000	[1]		1,243,488,000	[1]
2014	1,365,817,000	[1]		1,365,817,000	[1]
2015	1,317,121,000	[1]		1,317,121,000	[1]
2016	1,230,973,000	[1]		1,230,973,000	[1]
2017	$ 1,177,238,000	[1]		$ 1,177,238,000	[1]

[1] Amortization expense shown in the table above does not include impairments of finite-lived intangible assets.