Doctors Prescribing Fewer Opioids for Pain
Nearly half of primary care physicians in the U.S. say they are less likely to prescribe opioid painkillers than they were a year ago, according…
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PROP Calls FDA Ruling a ‘Small Victory’
The day after the Food and Drug Administration said it would change the prescription guidelines for some opioid painkillers, millions of chronic pain patients and…
Sharp Rise in Suboxone Emergency Room Visits
A medication increasingly being used to treat addiction to opioid drugs – both legal and illegal – is sending ten times as many people to…
FDA Issues Tamper Resistant Guidelines
Calling the abuse of prescription pain medications “a major health challenge for our nation,” the Food and Drug Administration has issued a draft guidance document…
Pain Academy Opposes New Limits on Opioid Painkillers
The board of directors of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) says a petition to the FDA that calls for new limits on opioid…
Doctors Petition FDA to Limit Painkillers
Saying it was time to “close the loophole” on narcotic painkillers, a coalition of doctors and public health officials is petitioning the Food and Drug…