In Sunday church pews, in the grandstands of the baseball game, in the big box store checkout line, most of the people around you have gotten a prescription for painkillers in the past year. In fact, there are 82 painkiller …
The fidgety patient stood a bit too close to the counter at DownHome Pharmacy and chatted a bit too eagerly. She had no insurance, she said, and would be paying cash for her prescription for Norco, a powerful painkiller. It …
San Diego, Calif., authorities and local real estate agents say prescription drug abusers are preying on open houses and raiding medicine cabinets to feed their addictions. Law enforcement, a local Realtor association and drug rehabilitation experts announced Tuesday that they …
Gov. Mary Fallin is praising a bill designed to crack down on prescription drug abuse in Oklahoma by requiring doctors to check an online prescription database before prescribing highly abused narcotics. A Senate committee has approved the bill by Guthrie …
Prescription drug abuse in Texas is a growing and troubling trend and Texas House members have been asked to take a closer look at the issue. On January 31, Texas House of Representatives Speaker Joe Straus directed the House Committee …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors heard a presentation highlighting the result of changes made to its pharmacy management program in recent years, including a reduction in prescriptions of some of the most commonly overused drugs, …
A Louisville, Ky., company has created a secure pill dispenser with the aim of combating prescription drug abuse. The Pill Guard is designed to ensure patients get the prescribed dose of medicine at the right time, and it prevents a …
New state rules for prescribing painkillers have taken effect for Indiana’s doctors as part of an effort to curb prescription drug abuse that’s caused a rise in fatal overdoses. The new requirements that took effect Sunday for physicians and osteopathic …
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall says steps need to be taken in New Mexico and across the country to curb escalating problems stemming from the abuse and trafficking of prescription drugs. The New Mexico Democrat met with medical experts and law …
South Carolina health officials said Tuesday they’re shortening the amount of time pharmacists have to turn over prescription information as part of a collaborative effort to clamp down on prescription drug abuse. Department of Health and Environmental Control director Catherine …