Prescribing Narcotic Painkillers To Children Increases Risk of Future Abuse: Study
The findings of a new study suggest that when teens are prescribed narcotic painkillers they are more likely to become drug abusers as adults.
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Fentanyl, Morphine Other Drugs Losing Potency in Certain Syringes, FDA Warns
The FDA warns that storing certain drugs in some sizes of Becton-Dickson general purpose syringes may cause them to lose potency over time.
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Drug Makers Often Fail To Tell FDA, Research Subjects, About Adverse Events in Timely Manner: Studies
Manufacturers often fail to tell the FDA of adverse drug events in a timely manner, and most drug research subjects are not informed of serious health risks on consent forms,…
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Painkiller Overdoses Target of New FDA Safety Measures
Federal drug regulators have unveiled a new plan that they hope will cut back on prescription painkiller overdoses, which have increasingly become a serious health concern in the United States.
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Methadone Overdoses Account for One-Third Opioid Deaths: CDC
The drug methadone is involved in about one-third of all deaths caused by opioid pain relievers (OPRs), according to recent government estimates.
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Child Drug Overdoses Rise as Other Accidental Deaths Fall: CDC
Federal health experts indicate that accidental poisonings and drug overdoses among children are on the rise, even as other causes of accidental injury and death among minors are declining.
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Uloric Side Effects Hidden By Takeda, Whistleblower Alleges
A whistleblower lawsuit accuses Takeda Pharmaceuticals of hiding potentially harmful side effects of Uloric, a gout medication.
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CDC Calls Prescription Drug Overdoses an Epidemic
U,S. health officials indicate that prescription drug overdoses have reached epidemic proportions, killing someone in the United States once every 19 minutes in recent years.
