Prescription Pills Addiction News

Pharma avoids harm in new bipartisan pricing bills — Gene editing could complicate FDA appropriations bill.

A pain management program reduced the amount of surgery patients going home with opioid prescriptions by 92 percent.

Twin Cities Orthopedics in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area has significantly reduced pain medication prescriptions and improved the habits for safe disposal of ...

The opioid crisis is a growing problem, and statistics show the opioid prescribing practices of orthopedic surgeons may contribute to this serious situation.

The Republican's legislation, prepared with Sen. Patty Murray, the ranking Democrat on Alexander's health committee, would be an ambitious lift because it also ...

He couldn't escape the easy access to drugs in San Francisco's Tenderloin. He couldn't escape prison when he crossed the border into San Mateo County.

A recent review discusses the antidiarrheal medication loperamide and its potential for abuse in patients looking to self-treat opioid withdrawal symptoms or to ...

Gail Box vividly remembers the day in May 2011 when she first learned her 22-year-old son Austin, a University of Oklahoma linebacker, was abusing opioid ...

Finally, the public will hear the details in suits accusing Big Pharma of false marketing.

Police have found more evidence of the shockingly powerful illegal drug carfentanil in London, authorities said in a statement Thursday.Health Canada tested ...

Police have found more evidence of the shockingly powerful illegal drug carfentanil in London, authorities said in a statement Thursday.Health Canada tested ...

Silver Dollar Fair opens: 4 p.m. $1 fair admission today; free to children five and younger. Gates, buildings, carnival and Ag-zibit open. Tram services 3:30-11:30 ...

Silver Dollar Fair opens: 4 p.m. $1 fair admission today; free to children five and younger. Gates, buildings, carnival and Ag-zibit open. Tram services 3:30-11:30 ...

The president has called tackling the opioid epidemic a priority, but fentanyl overdose deaths continue to soar as federal resources fail to keep pace.

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio - In a dungeon-like jail in the center of this depressed farming town, 18 women in orange-and-white-striped prison ...

The report alleges that the World Health Organization's guidelines on opioid prescriptions understate their dangers.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration last month warned prescribers that abruptly cutting off high-dose ...

Michael Lowe's addiction spilled into public view when he crashed his police cruiser. For the last decade, he has been quietly living a life of recovery.

Michael Lowe's addiction spilled into public view when he crashed his police cruiser. For the last decade, he has been quietly living a life of recovery.

Joel Gotlib was a news anchor for CTV, on the air for nearly 14 years. But what many didn't know is that he was also an opioid addict.