FDA outlines standards for anti-abuse generic painkillers
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal officials are encouraging generic drugmakers to reformulate their painkillers to make them harder to abuse, the latest in a string of steps designed to combat abuse of...
View ArticleUS medical schools expand training to curb painkiller abuse
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Many U.S. medical schools are expanding their training to help students fight opioid abuse. New training programs at many schools teach students to prescribe opioid painkillers...
View ArticleWhy DEA says super potent synthetic opioids are ‘crazy dangerous’
As the opioid epidemic has continued to grow in multiple parts of the country, extremely potent synthetic forms of the painkillers — especially fentanyl and carfentanil — have become more common among...
View ArticleReport: Woods had marijuana, painkillers in system at arrest
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods had the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers and two sleep drugs in his system when he was arrested on a DUI charge earlier this year, a report...
View ArticleIndiana woman, 19, pleads guilty in attempt to poison baby niece
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A 19-year-old Indiana woman accused of trying to poison her 11-week-old niece by crushing painkillers and adding the powder to a bottle of breast milk has pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleLawmakers debate opioid taxes as states grapple with crisis
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Facing a rising death toll from drug overdoses, state lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment for opioid addicts: Force drug manufacturers and...
View ArticleCan I take painkillers before or after a COVID-19 vaccine?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Health experts advise against taking painkillers before getting a COVID-19 vaccine, but say they’re OK to use afterward if symptom relief is needed and your doctor agrees....
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