Narcotic Drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings to nine companies for selling 14 unapproved narcotic pain medicines as part of an ongoing effort to rid the market of drugs without proper approval. FDA officials said the widely used prescription medicines contained morphine, hydromorphone, or oxycodone. The companies--which include Boehringer Ingelheim's Roxane Inc unit, Covidien Ltd's Mallinckrodt unit, and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals--must stop manufacturing the unapproved...
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From Our Experts
Prescribing Narcotics: A Doctor's Point of View
It has been about ten years since the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched what some feel is a targeted war on... Read more »
Stopping the Abuse of Prescribed Narcotics: A Goal
So, what is a doctor to do about the abuse of pain-killers? If doctors begin to act like police officers, then the doctor-patient... Read more »
Migraines, Pain & Narcotics Contracts
Chronic pain patients (sometimes including Migraine sufferers) are often asked to sign narcotics contracts, or treatment agreements, with... Read more »
Stolen Medications: What to Do if it Happens to You
There were a great many responses to my story about the fellow who had his opioid pain medicines stolen and the problems he had after that... Read more »
Pain Patients Should Not be the Victims in the War on Drugs
In November 2000, President Clinton signed a bill into law designating the decade beginning January 1, 2001 as the “Decade of Pain... Read more »
From Our Sources
Overuse of narcotics ups migraine risk
People who take narcotic painkillers such as oxycodone and codeine too often to treat their migraines may be doubling their chances of having chronic... Read more »
Actiq better than other narcotics on breakthrough pain
A study at the St. Clare Hospice in England has found that Actiq is more effective than other narcotics in controlling breakthrough pain in cancer... Read more »
Oxycodone Linked to Rise in Narcotics-Related Deaths
According to Canadian researchers, the number of deaths from opioid painkiller use has doubled since 1991, and they say the increased use and abuse... Read more »
FDA Panels Reject Plan to Curb Narcotic Painkiller Abuse
Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) presented the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), a proposal designed to... Read more »
1 in 10 high school seniors have used narcotics
According to researchers at the University of Michigan, one in 10 high school seniors have used narcotic painkillers, though most of them use the... Read more »
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