The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday significant labeling changes that will affect all opioid pain ...

In a significant move aimed at combating the ongoing opioid epidemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

Opioid prescriptions have long been used as a medicine for lower back pain in emergency rooms; however, in the past few years, their usage has significantly decreased.

Last month, Purdue Pharma filed a new bankruptcy plan as part of a $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits over the company’s alleged role in the opioid crisis, after the ...

The number of opioid prescriptions in Tennessee increased by 31.6 percent from 2007 to 2011, and the rise in prescriptions was linked to an increase in opioid overdose mortalities, according to a ...

"Each of the prescriptions in question was for an FDA-approved opioid medication prescribed by a practitioner who the government itself licensed, authorized, and empowered to write controlled ...

Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Monday that Indiana is expected to receive $16.5 million as part of a multi-state ...

A New Jersey doctor has been charged with writing tens of thousands of opioid prescriptions for people struggling with ...

Several female patients complained Kalra often sought sexual favours for oxycodone prescriptions. A woman said she was assaulted multiple times by him, including being forced into 'unnatural sex'.