OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone News

Orlando-area-based CVS pharmacies accused of dispensing too much prescription medication have been suspended from selling such substances, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced Monday.

Michael Moll, 46, 206 Station Lane, North Warren, charged with two counts of possession with intent to deliver bath salts, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and criminal use of a communications facility.

The DEA and other government agencies, all so concerned about the quality of our lives, have set about to 'reduce the abuse of pain medications". And when that 'aggressive intervention' interacts with the problems with our top-notch managed health care system we have an epic, and entirely needless, clusterfuck literally torturing people in their ... (more)

The proven effectiveness of opioid-based pain relievers such as oxycodone and oxycontin has made them a favored choice for pain management practitioners.

Prescription drug abuse is the nation's fastest-growing drug problem, with more than seven million people abusing them and death rates tripling from their abuse in the last decade.

If you want to eat like royalty, step into Orchids at Palm Court in the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza downtown.

Kentucky State Police say they've found more than a million dollars' worth of pain pills in coordinated Pike County raids.

Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that local anesthesia delivered through a catheter in the joint, intraarticularly, may be more beneficial than traditional opioids such as morphine and Oxycontin for pain management following total knee replacement surgery.

Two city residents have been charged in connection with an Oxycodone drug sting at a Cubeta Road housing project.

Late Tuesday afternoon, CNT got a tip about a meth lab in a hotel located near Interstate 95 and Highway 204.

With far less fanfare than they deserve, Alkermes Pharmaceuticals is setting out to revolutionize the penal system and help stop prison overcrowding by finally getting at one of the indisputable medical causes of crime : alcohol and drug dependence.

Authorities are now targeting drugstores that allegedly feed Florida's painkiller problem, including one based in the Miami-Dade government center that is accused of being an oxycontin enterprise.

The legalization of medicinal cannabis in a growing number of states and countries has opened up new areas of study and research, which is very exciting to the industry in general, and thrilling to Greenway doctors, who pride themselves in keeping up with the latest developments and passing essential information on to their patients.

The Texas Medical Board in January filed a complaint against Dr. Ryan Potter of Comprehensive Pain Management , alleging that he prescribed pills without documenting patients' needs, failed to recognize signs of possible abuse and continued to prescribe medication despite such signs of abuse.

At the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, his jail cell in solitary confinement was located right across the hallway from Wayne Kellestine's. Casey, not his real name, thinks authorities might have put him close to the Bandido's member faced with eight counts of first-degree murder, and who constantly ranted about violent acts, for a reason.

More than 9,000 programs and sole practitioners treat an estimated 17 million Americans suffering from: chronic pain .

THE DOWNWARD spiral of too many Massachusetts overdose victims started with a prescription painkiller.

New laws, tougher enforcement and the prescription drug monitoring database have cut sales of oxycodone from doctors' offices and pharmacies dramatically.

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise. Narcotic pain relievers like Vicodin, Hydrocodone, Oxycontin are popular and very available to teens.

The U.S. attorney in Miami unveiled a drug-smuggling indictment as he spotlighted an initiative to crack down on narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean.