Opioids: A Double-Edged Sword
(Editor’s note: Percy Menzies, M. Pharm, is president of the Assisted Recovery Centers of America, a treatment program based in St. Louis, Missouri that treats…
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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…
Attorneys General Want New Warning on Opioids
Dozens of state attorney generals are asking the Food and Drug Administration to issue a “black box” warning about the danger of pregnant women using…
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…
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…
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…
Painkillers Remain Leading Cause of Overdose Deaths
For the 11th consecutive year, drug overdose deaths continued to rise in the United States, with opioid painkillers the leading cause, according to the Centers…
Medicare Wrongly Paid $25 Million for Painkiller Refills
At a time when federal regulators are cracking down on physicians, pharmacies and pill mills for over prescribing narcotic painkillers, it turns out one of…
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