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If you suffer from anxiety, panic disorder, or insomnia, your doctor may have prescribed you what’s known as benzodiazepines (or…

Patients who receive an opioid medication after surgery only use a small fraction of what they are prescribed, a finding…

Black market sales of opioid prescription drugs online have significantly increased since the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) restricted the sales…

In more than 25 states, levothyroxine — a treatment for underactive thyroid — is the most-prescribed drug. And in 10…

The Trump Administration has unveiled a new opioid plan that involves developing a vaccine to combat opioid addiction. It also…

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill limiting opioid prescriptions for acute pain to 3 days. Eight senators,…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will form a task force to go after drug companies that have contributed to the…

Parents should avoid giving infants homeopathic teething tablets and gels due to potential risks, including seizures. The FDA, which issued…

When doctors order an opioid for a patient for the first time, they should prescribe a short-acting one without fills…

49 states (Missouri is the exception) have drug monitoring programs in an effort to curb overdose deaths from prescription opioids,…