Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone News

Dr. Patrick P. Hogan's wife pitched forward and clasped her hands after a jury foreman read aloud the verdict she had prayed for: not guilty.

A Tazewell, Va., dentist pleaded guilty Tuesday to writing bogus prescriptions for hydrocodone to feed his own addiction for more than a decade.

Painkillers like Oxycontin, Vicodin, and Methadone are supposed to be tightly controlled, but the pain pill pipeline in Wisconsin is leaking like a sieve.

"Bad" doesn't even begin to describe the behavior of New Orleans Police Lieutenant Terence McDonagh , protagonist of Werner Herzog's . Snorting coke is just the beginning; stealing drugs from suspects, from the police department's property room and from wherever else he can score it, comes next.

Members of the Northwest Zero Tolerance Coalition learned that new marijuana laws are leading to strains on law enforcement.

Vu Le admitted charging as much as $150 in cash for Oxycodone, Hydrocodone. A physician who operated a medical clinic in Westminster was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison for writing prescriptions for powerful painkillers for people he did not examine, prosecutors said.

Chronic pain patients with a history of depression are three times more likely to receive long-term prescriptions for opioid medications like Vicodin compared to pain patients who do not suffer from depression, according to new research.

A Longmont police officer was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of taking Vicodin from his wife and giving the prescription pain medication to a confidential informant with whom investigators suggested he was having a relationship.

Chronic pain in America is just beginning to be seen as a health care crisis that needs regular medical supervision in order to restore a quality of life to the 76.2 million sufferers as reported by the National Centers for Health Statistics.

While working as a receptionist a few years ago at a medical clinic in Chico, I called in prescriptions for opiates such as Vicodin every day.

A pharmacy assistant has been fired from Dayton Children's Medical Center and charged with theft for allegedly taking pain pills and using them while at work.

Two Truman Middle School students are in custody in connection with prescription drug distribution in the school.

Katie Jacobs and David Shore on growing an audience, storytelling and a mole on set.

State of Alaska image Prescription drug abuse is rampant but is not treated as seriously as other illicit drug usage.

Our daughter, Molly, was born with cerebral palsy and has always been in a wheelchair.

Steven Karapandza says his use of prescription marijuana to help ease the pain of daily migraine headaches is none of his boss' business.

Clovis- Flindt Andersen, McLane high school graduate, and founder of PAIN - Prescription Abusers in Need- talked to Clovis West high school students about his journey of drug abuse as a teenager, to recovery.

Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Lincoln County, said County Attorney Eric Phillips.

By Lincoln County Attorney Eric F. Phillips A Of late, the use and abuse of prescription drugs has been on the rise in Lincoln County.A The most commonly abused drugs include Percocet, Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Oxycodone, and Oxycontin.A The fact that these drugs are typically prescribed by a doctor does not make them safe.A According to a recent ...

Students at Clovis West are making a pledge ... to do the right thing. It's part of the "Eagles of Honor" week ... where students promise to be responsible and drug free.