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…
Labeling
Living with Pain: FDA Ruling a Victory for Pain Patients and PROP
The Food and Drug Administration has announced new guidelines on the labeling and prescribing of opioid pain medicines. Much of this was in response to…
FDA Makes Labeling Changes for Opioid Painkillers
The Food and Drug Administration has announced long awaited labeling changes for prescription opioid medicines – changes that adopt many of the demands made in…
Readers Sound Off on Possible FDA Limits on Painkillers
“Please don’t let them do this.” “I am so tired of being told which medicines I can take.” “Patients shouldn’t be made to feel like…
Pressure Grows on FDA to Change Access to Painkillers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is under growing pressure from other federal agencies to change the prescription guidelines for opioid painkillers – a move…
AMA Opposes Painkiller Labeling Changes
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest doctors group, has gone on record opposing more restrictive labeling requirements for opioid painkillers, saying there is…
FDA May Modify Painkiller Labeling
The head of the Food and Drug Administration says her agency is considering a change in the labeling requirements for opioid painkillers –- a move…