My Story: Going Off Hydrocodone Cold Turkey
The other day -- partly because of my own stupidity and partly because the only pharmacy in the small town I live in closes at…
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FDA Approves Potent Hydrocodone Painkiller
A day after saying it wanted to restrict access to hydrocodone, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a new more powerful version of the…
Living with Pain: The Fallout from Rescheduling Hydrocodone
By now you may have heard or read that the Food and Drug Administration has endorsed rescheduling hydrocodone from a Schedule III to a Schedule…
FDA Wants Tighter Controls on Hydrocodone
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning tighter restrictions on drugs that contain hydrocodone, an opioid widely used in potentially addictive pain medications such…
Pot Users Less Likely to Take Painkiller
Marijuana and hydrocodone are two of the most widely used and abused drugs in the U.S. But according to a new study by one of…
Lawmakers Demand FDA Restrict Vicodin
A bipartisan group of congressmen is demanding the Food and Drug Administration “act without delay” by restricting access to Vicodin and other hydrocodone products, the…
Living with Pain: Rescheduling Vicodin Will Hurt Pain Patients
People living with pain sustained another jolt last week at the hands of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel. The panel voted 19 to…
FDA Panel Backs Tighter Controls on Vicodin
An advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration has recommended tighter controls on Vicodin and other hydrocodone products, the most widely used and abused…