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News tagged with 'Opioids'

Posted by Jane Akre
December 04, 2009 6:43 PM

With more than five million people in the US reportedly misusing prescription pain relievers, the FDA is asking drug makers to formulate a risk-management plan for the entire class of opioids to avoid overdose and death.

Posted by Jane Akre
October 02, 2009 2:00 PM

In Colorado and 15 other states, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents as powerful painkillers, both legal and illegal, are becoming more commonplace.

Posted by Jane Akre
June 29, 2009 3:24 PM

The doctor who was Michael Jackson's personal physician says he never injected him with the highly addictive Demerol about an hour before his death.  The family wants to know why the doctor failed to sign a death certificate and went missing after Jackson died. 

Posted by Chrissie Cole
February 10, 2009 10:25 AM

The FDA is stepping up efforts to reduce the misuse of 24 powerful painkillers, which cause hundreds of deaths each year. Letters have been sent to 16 drug companies that collectively manufacture opioid drugs that are subject to review.

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