U.S. drug regulators asked on Friday for manufacturers of prescription pain medications to provide more specifics on an industry plan to curb growing abuse of morphine, methadone, oxycodone and other opioid drugs. The Food and Drug Administration in February had asked manufacturers including Johnson & Johnson and King Pharmaceuticals to come up with a joint [...]
Archive | December, 2009
- Prescription Painkillers Could Be New ‘Gateway’ Drugs
- Overtreated: Surgery too often fails for back pain
- Riskier surgeries for back pain raise costs | back pain surgeries
- Oxycontin Abusers Often Rely on ‘Leftover’ Meds From Friends
- FDA seeks plan to curb opioid pain killer abuse
- How to Manage Pain Without Drugs
- FDA Mandates Tougher Warnings for Pain Pills
- Questions and answers about pain medicine dangers
- FDA recommends smaller doses of painkillers | painkillers doses
- Celebrex Medication Ingredients and Side Effects
