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Fewer Opioid Painkillers Can Still Control Surgery Pain drugs
August 15, 2019
Surgery patients can routinely be prescribed fewer opioid pills -- even just a handful -- without sacrificing their pain relief.
Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation drugs
April 19, 2019
Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation.
Kratom-Related Poisonings Are Soaring, Study Finds drugs
February 22, 2019
Calls to U.S. poison control centers related to the herbal drug kratom have skyrocketed, increasing more than 50-fold in a matter of six years, a new study shows....
Can Herbal Drug Kratom Kill? drugs
January 03, 2019
The herbal drug kratom, which U.S. drug regulators have said is essentially an opioid, has been linked to some narcotic overdose deaths, but whether it's dangerous by itself isn't clear......
SC allows sale of Saridon, three other drugs financialexpress
September 19, 2018
The top court, however, did not grant any relief to the other medicines falling in the list of 328 FDC drugs which were banned by the Health Ministry by its September 7 notification
As Opioid Epidemic Rages, Painkiller Prescriptions Don't Drop drugs
August 02, 2018
In a sign that the U.S. opioid epidemic is still not under control, a new report shows that prescriptions for the highly addictive painkillers haven't declined in the last decade.
Aspirin may block bowel tumour formation europeanpharmaceuticalreview
June 11, 2018
Researchers have shed light on how taking aspirin can help to prevent bowel cancer. They found that the painkiller blocks a key process linked to tumour formation…
FDA signals crackdown on controversial painkiller pharmafile
November 16, 2017
Scott Gottlieb, the FDA’s Commissioner, issued an advisory about the medicinal plant-product known as kratom. The plant is known to act as a stimulant in low-doses and has opioid-like effects in higher doses, but whether it is directly harmful is a matter