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• Birth Defect Risk Higher With Methadone Than Suboxone: Study

  January 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study finds that methadone use during pregnancy carries a higher risk of physical birth defects, known as congenital malformations, than buprenorphine.

• Prescribing Narcotic Painkillers To Children Increases Risk of Future Abuse: Study

  November 6, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  The findings of a new study suggest that when teens are prescribed narcotic painkillers they are more likely to become drug abusers as adults.

• Fentanyl, Morphine Other Drugs Losing Potency in Certain Syringes, FDA Warns

  August 21, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA warns that storing certain drugs in some sizes of Becton-Dickson general purpose syringes may cause them to lose potency over time.

• Drug Makers Often Fail To Tell FDA, Research Subjects, About Adverse Events in Timely Manner: Studies

  July 31, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  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, two new studies warn.

• Painkiller Overdoses Target of New FDA Safety Measures

  July 10, 2012

  Irvin Jackson

  Federal drug regulators have unveiled a new plan that they hope will cut back on prescription painkiller overdoses, which have...

• Methadone Overdoses Account for One-Third Opioid Deaths: CDC

  July 5, 2012

  Ricky Allen

  The drug methadone is involved in about one-third of all deaths caused by opioid pain relievers (OPRs), according to recent...

• Child Drug Overdoses Rise as Other Accidental Deaths Fall: CDC

  April 17, 2012

  Staff Writers

  Federal health experts indicate that accidental poisonings and drug overdoses among children are on the rise, even as other causes...

• Uloric Side Effects Hidden By Takeda, Whistleblower Alleges

  February 2, 2012

  Staff Writers

  A whistleblower lawsuit accuses Takeda Pharmaceuticals of hiding potentially harmful side effects of Uloric, a gout medication. 

• CDC Calls Prescription Drug Overdoses an Epidemic

  January 31, 2012

  Staff Writers

  U,S. health officials indicate that prescription drug overdoses have reached epidemic proportions, killing someone in the United States once every...