F.D.A. Urging a Tighter Rein on Painkillers
The Food and Drug Administration recommended new restrictions on prescriptions for drugs like Vicodin, which combine the narcotic hydrocodone with over-the-counter pain medication. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By BARRY MEIER Tags: Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Pain-Relieving Drugs Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Drug Abuse and Traffic Food and Drug Administration Woodcock, Janet Source Type: news
Video: FDA recommends tighter controls on common painkillers
The proposed change reclassifies hydrocodone products, such as Vicodin, and categorizes them in the most restrictive way, like painkillers such as morphine. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on what the new classification means. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - October 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA ruling on Vicodin—Burdens for Pain Patients
The FDA is severely restricting access to Vicodin and other hydrocodone-containing products.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 25, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Judy Foreman Tags: Addiction Health FDA pain patients vicodin Source Type: news
FDA Urges New Limits on Pain Drugs
The FDA recommended imposing more severe restrictions on the prescribing of Vicodin and other commonly used narcotic painkilling drugs in an effort to combat their widespread abuse. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - October 24, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
FDA Urges Tighter Controls on Certain Prescription Painkillers
Large supplies of often-abused drugs such as Vicodin should be harder to obtain, agency says
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Pain Relievers, Prescription Drug Abuse (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Plans to Restrict Vicodin Rx
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA wants to tighten the reins on hydrocodone combination drugs such as Vicodin, recommending that they be classified as Schedule II narcotics like OxyContin and fentanyl. (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - October 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
FDA recommends reclassifying Vicodin as harder drug
FDA wants to reclassify pills like Vicodin into same drug category as OxyContin, making it more difficult to obtain (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA recommends tightening access to hydrocodone pain-killers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended tighter restrictions on products that contain hydrocodone, an opioid painkiller present in commonly prescribed, potentially addictive drugs such as Vicodin. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
F.D.A. Seeks Tighter Control on Prescriptions for Class of Painkillers
The Food and Drug Administration recommended new restrictions on prescriptions for drugs like Vicodin, which combine the narcotic hydrocodone with over-the-counter pain medication. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By BARRY MEIER Tags: Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Pain-Relieving Drugs Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Drug Abuse and Traffic Food and Drug Administration Woodcock, Janet Source Type: news
Advertising Drugs to Addicts
A glut of information about prescription drugs makes it easy for addicts to get their fix from doctors. But worst of all, celebrities are now the pushers.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - October 22, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Anna B. David Tags: Addiction Media adderall ADHD big pharma Heath Ledger narcotic PPO Prescription prescription drugs suboxone vicodin Source Type: news
For post-tonsillectomy pain, over-the counter painkillers acceptable
You may be able to eat all of the ice cream you want after having your tonsils removed, but researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit say you don't necessarily need a prescription to reduce post-operative pain -- an over-the-counter pain-reliever is just as effective. The study shows over-the-counter ibuprofen manages pain after a tonsillectomy for children and adults as well as the prescription pain medications acetaminophen with hydrocodone and acetaminophen with codeine, which is no longer recommended for use in children... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ear, Nose and Throat Source Type: news
Worldwide, marijuana the most used illegal drug
SEATTLE, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Marijuana is the top illegal drug used worldwide, but doctor-prescribed painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin are the deadliest, a U.S. researcher says. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - September 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medication Errors in Adults—Case #2: Acetaminophen
A 58-year-old female is prescribed Lortab for treatment of low back pain that resulted from trauma and picked up a bottle of Tylenol® Cold. What is the problem? (Source: Consultant Live)
Source: Consultant Live - August 21, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
One in 10 Americans Has Taken Drugs Prescribed for OthersOne in 10 Americans Has Taken Drugs Prescribed for Others
Kurt is a 32-year-old IT systems administrator from Des Moines, Iowa. He has a colleague who had been prescribed 'ridiculous amounts' of Vicodin for a chronic back problem. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
One in 10 Americans have taken drugs prescribed for others: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kurt is a 32-year-old IT systems administrator from Des Moines, Iowa. He has a colleague who had been prescribed "ridiculous amounts" of Vicodin for a chronic back problem. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
