April 29, 2016 FDA reconsiders training requirements for painkillers The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering whether doctors who prescribe painkillers like OxyContin should be required to take safety training courses, according to federal documents.
April 27, 2016 These are identical to a popular painkiller, and they killed 14 people Illicitly bought prescription drugs have killed more than a dozen people in California who were expecting something much weaker.
March 31, 2016 Painkiller fentanyl causing multiple deaths in California Seven people have died—and nearly two dozen others have been hospitalized—in California's Sacramento County after overdosing on fentanyl, reports CBS Sacramento.
March 28, 2016 Federal officials, advocates push pill-tracking databases The nation's top health officials are stepping up calls to require doctors to log in to pill-tracking databases before prescribing painkillers and other high-risk drugs.
March 24, 2016 US FDA issues draft guidance for abuse-deterrent opioid generics The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance on Thursday for abuse-deterrent opioid generics, including a recommendation that studies be conducted to demonstrate that generic opioids are no less abuse-deterrent than branded drugs.
March 22, 2016 FDA adds strongest warning to widely used painkillers Federal health regulators will bolster warning labels on the most widely used prescription painkillers, part a multi-pronged federal effort to reverse an epidemic of abuse and death tied to drugs like Vicodin and Percocet.
March 21, 2016 CDC urges doctors to curb prescribing painkillers Prescription painkillers should not be a first choice for treating common ailments like back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guidelines designed to reshape how doctors prescribe drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin.
March 16, 2016 Mindfulness meditation provides opioid-free pain relief, study says For the millions of individuals suffering from chronic pain, opioid painkillers seem like the only option.
February 19, 2016 Fatal overdoses of common anxiety meds are spiking Opioids aren't the only drugs we should be concerned about when it comes to overdoses.
February 2, 2016 Basketball star Jay Williams on fighting back after life's accidents Jay Williams was considered the best college basketball player to come out of Duke University. But his dreams of NBA success all came to an end when he suffered a near-fatal motorcycle accident. Williams sits down with Dr. Manny to talk about his inspirational life story chronicled in his book, “Life Is Not An Accident, a Memoir of Reinvention”
