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Opioids Tough To Prescribe For Legitimate Patients, Doctors Say
THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 — Patients who legitimately need opioid painkillers are finding it more difficult to get the meds they need, due to guardrails established in response to the U.S. opioid c...
OD Deaths Decline in U.S., Driven By Drop In Opioid Fatalities
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – America’s opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. Drug overdose deaths (OD) decreased b...
Protega Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval for RoxyBond (oxycodone hydrochloride) Immediate-Release 10 mg Tablet with Abuse-Deterrent Technology for Management of Pain
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Protega Pharmaceuticals Inc., an innovative specialty pharmaceutical company focused on responsible pain management and the development of novel...
Painkiller Misuse Common Among People Battling Chronic Pain
THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 – Nearly 1 in every 10 chronic pain patients treated with prescription opioids winds up addicted to the painkillers at some point, a new review finds. Further, nearly 1 in 3...
Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a controversial settlement that drug maker Purdue Pharma had reached with victims of the opioid epidemic. The ruling threatens...
Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
FRIDAY, June 28, 2024 – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a controversial settlement that drug maker Purdue Pharma had reached with victims of the opioid epidemic. The ruling threatens...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Drug Safety Communication: All Opioid Pain Medicines - FDA Updates Prescribing Information to Provide Additional Guidance for Safe Use
ISSUE: The FDA is requiring several updates to the prescribing information for both immediate-release (IR) and extended release/long acting (ER/LA) opioid pain medicines. This includes stating for a...
Inspirion Delivery Sciences Receives FDA Approval for RoxyBond (oxycodone hydrochloride) Immediate Release Tablets with Abuse-Deterrent Label Claims
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Inspirion Delivery Sciences, LLC ("Inspirion") announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved RoxyBond™ (...
FDA Approves Symproic (naldemedine) for the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation
OSAKA, Japan and FLORHAM PARK, N.J. and STAMFORD, Conn., March 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Shionogi Inc. and Purdue Pharma L.P. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved...
Narcan (naloxone HCl) Nasal Spray 2mg Approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration
January 25, 2017 – Dublin, Ireland – Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Narcan Nasal Spray as a 2mg formulation for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid ove...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Opioid Pain or Cough Medicines Combined With Benzodiazepines: Drug Safety Communication - FDA Requiring New Boxed Warnings About Serious Risks and Death
ISSUE: FDA review has found that the growing combined use of opioid medicines with benzodiazepines or other drugs that depress the central nervous system (CNS) has resulted in serious side effects,...
Collegium Receives FDA Approval for Xtampza ER, an Analgesic with Abuse-Deterrent Properties
CANTON, Mass., April 26, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Nasdaq:COLL) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xtampza ER (oxycodone)...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Opioid Pain Medicines: Drug Safety Communication - New Safety Warnings Added to Prescription Opioid Medications
ISSUE: FDA is warning about several safety issues with the entire class of opioid pain medicines. See the FDA Drug Safety Communication for a complete listing. These safety risks are potentially h...
FDA Approves Narcan (naloxone) Nasal Spray to Treat Opioid Overdose
November 18, 2015 – Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan nasal spray, the first FDA-approved nasal spray version of naloxone hydrochloride, a life-saving medication that can...
FDA Approves Oxycontin (oxycodone) for Children as Young as 11
FRIDAY, Aug. 14, 2015 – Limited use of the widely abused painkiller OxyContin in children as young as 11 years old was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Studies by OxyContin maker...