Johnson & Johnson has issued a recall of 4 million Children's Benadryl Allergy Fastmelt Tablets, 800,000 Junior Strength Motrin Caplets, and 71,000 Extra Strength Rolaids softchews. Read Summary >
A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that pain is a common symptom during many elderly people's last years of life, and reports of pain increase during the final few months. Read Summary >
The antidepressant Cymbalta has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Read Summary >
A health reporter talks to experts about how making patients who've undergone such procedures as knee joint replacement responsible for the bulk of their recovery may be overburdening the patients, and perhaps even putting them at risk. Read Summary >
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and drugmaker Actavis Inc. have announced that about one million fentanyl patches used to treat such chronic pain conditions as arthritis and cancer are being recalled from store and pharmacy shelves. Read Summary >
According to a new study, implanting the addiction drug buprenorphine in people who are addicted to narcotic painkillers or heroin appears to reduce their cravings, at least for a short time. Read Summary >
