December 12, 2018 Health experts offer solutions for unintended consequences of opioid crackdown The most urgently needed first step to addressing the misunderstandings about Centers for Disease and Prevention opioid prescribing guidelines, many clinicians and health experts say, is for the agency to clarify – in a high-profile way-- what the guidelines were meant, and not meant, to do.
November 5, 2018 FDA approves super-potent opioid more powerful than morphine Critics of the new drug call it "dangerous" and say it "will kill people."
July 6, 2018 OxyContin maker placed profits over people, lawsuit reveals A newly unsealed lawsuit by Tennessee’s attorney general says the maker of the world’s top-selling painkiller directed its sales force to target the highest prescribers, many with limited or no pain management background or training.
May 22, 2018 Brett Favre reveals Vicodin addiction, multiple rehab stints during Hall of Fame career Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre revealed Monday that he took 14 Vicodin at one time once and ended up in rehab three times during his NFL career.
May 12, 2018 Chronic pain patients angry over 'opioid contracts' More patients with chronic pain are being asked to agree to random urine drug screens, pill counts, and other conditions before they’re prescribed opioids.
April 23, 2018 Tourists warned to avoid common painkiller in Spain after fatalities linked to drug The drug has been blamed for deaths before.
April 17, 2018 The opioid epidemic's forgotten victims: Pets While law enforcement fights to control the influx of illegal opioid abuse in the streets, doctors across the nation are scrambling to keep supplies in stock.
April 6, 2018 US homes need Narcan to aid in opioid overdose epidemic, surgeon general advises The nation's chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the nation's opioid crisis and save lives.
February 7, 2018 Herbal supplement kratom contains opioids, regulators say U.S. health authorities say an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy contains the same chemicals found in opioids, the addictive family of drugs at the center of a national addiction crisis.
January 9, 2018 Large dosages of ibuprofen could kill sperm count in men, study says The maximum allowed dosage of Ibuprofen for adults, 1,200 mg a day, may result in male infertility, according to a new study.
