The problems with pain medications are not new ones. The epidemic that many talk about in terms of opioid addiction is real. Many states in response to this problem have created new guidelines and ...

Pennsylvania’s fight against addiction and pain management took center stage at a local Luzerne County campus Friday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prescriptions of tapentadol have surged in the last five years - The Examination After years of misery, Brad Liefvoort managed to ...

(UPDATED) Last week, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted to impose stricter controls on prescriptions for drugs like Vicodin, which contain the opioid pain reliever hydrocodone.

March 9, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — Editor's note: Patients who are addicted to drugs pose a special challenge when they present with pain at hospital emergency departments (EDs). Clinicians struggle ...

Shaq admits he was addicted to pain medication throughout his career: "Instead of one, I would take three" originally appeared on Basketball Network. Shaquille O'Neal may have played a lot like ...

A new and potentially safer opioid has been tested in lab rats, and the results suggest it relieves pain with a lower risk of ...

A new opioid alternative is in development that could help treat chronic pain without the risk of addiction. More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research ...

During my 30 years in the Indiana Senate, I witnessed numerous pieces of legislation aimed at toughening our drug policies and penalties. In my final years, I authored a series of bills that focused ...

The search for a safer opioid has followed pain medicine for decades. Doctors still need strong drugs for surgery, major ...