painkillers

LONDON—A British woman who was imprisoned in Egypt because she brought hundreds of painkillers into the country has reportedly lost an appeal against her conviction. Laura Plummer, 34, from Hull ...

In a nearly unanimous vote, the Senate approved a bill to address the epidemic of opioid addiction that's ...

LONDON—Over 450 people died at a hospital in the south of England after being prescribed powerful painkillers, according ...

Manufacturer of the powerful opioid painkiller OxyContin, Purdue, has said it will stop promoting opioid drugs to doctors. ...

For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—As Ohio's overdose epidemic has climbed toward a record high, an army of lobbyists representing makers of ...

Long-acting opioids have a significantly higher risk of death when compared with other medications for moderate-to-severe chronic pain.

Accidental overdoses aren't the only deadly risk from using powerful prescription painkillers—the drugs may also contribute to heart-related ...

We are in the midst of a deadly drug epidemic so severe and widespread that few people in ...

The investigation of Prince's death was completed on Thursday, June 2, and findings concluded that the "Purple Rain" ...

Opioids like morphine, oxycodone, and methadone that are used as painkillers may actually cause an increase in pain ...

Antidepressant use in North America has jumped in the last two decades, perhaps because doctors are increasingly prescribing ...

As New Hampshire considers mandatory drug prevention education in all grades, the state's opioid crisis has heightened the ...

In California, the situation is particularly disturbing as more than 62 percent of painkiller prescriptions were found to ...

Experts recommend surgeons consider cutting back on the number of take-home opioid pills prescribed to patients post surgery. The ...

A group of 20 lawmakers backs a bill to require more rigorous medical training for police officers, borne ...

ADHD drugs have gained a reputation as “cognition enhancers” among students and young professionals.

What do conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, singer Courtney Love, and deceased actor Heath Ledger all have ...

There are staggering statistics of America’s drug abuse crisis that can appear sterile but the reality is human ...

Opioids are a vital and irreplaceable important component of "palliative care." But physicians are increasingly divided about the ...

There are two opioid crises in the world today.

Abuse of opium products obtained from poppy plants dates back centuries, but today we are witnessing the first ...

There is only one certainty about drugs—if you don't use them, you won't get addicted. Everything else we ...

Prescription painkillers are a leading cause of the American heroin epidemic, and a key issue in the New ...

More than 17,000 people are dying every year in the U.S. from opioid overdoses. Emergency room admissions for ...

A bold federal effort to curb prescribing of painkillers may be faltering amid stiff resistance from drugmakers, industry-funded ...