Medications

California battles killer drug epidemic

Ten people have died in northern California and scores more have overdosed as an epidemic of street drugs laced with a powerful painkiller sweeps the region.

Medications

Using antibiotics wisely

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, both in the United States and around the world.

Medications

New US restrictions on painkiller to take effect

The federal government is finalizing new restrictions on hundreds of medicines containing hydrocodone, the highly addictive painkiller that has grown into the most widely prescribed drug in the U.S.

Medications

FDA panel votes for tougher curbs on vicodin, other painkillers

(HealthDay)—A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted Friday to place tougher restrictions on prescription painkillers containing hydrocodone, potentially moving medications such as Vicodin into the same ...

Medications

FDA review supports reclassifying marijuana as less risky drug

Scientists from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conclude in newly released documents that marijuana has less potential for abuse than other drugs with the same restrictions and it should be reclassified as a less dangerous ...

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