Apr 18, 2019

(Reuters) - A lower dose of non-opioid painkiller developed by Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co failed to meet main goals in a late-stage study in patients with moderate-to-severe osteoa...

Apr 18, 2019

Early physical therapy (PT) may help reduce the risk of long-term opioid use by serving as an alternative or adjunct to short-term opioid use for patients with various types of musculoskeletal pain. P...

Apr 18, 2019

THURSDAY, April 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Fifty-three medical professionals, including 31 doctors, are among the 60 people charged by U.S. authorities for their alleged involvement in the illegal p...

Apr 17, 2019

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Dozens of medical professionals in Appalachia, a region hard-hit by the U.S. opioid crisis, have been charged with writing hundreds of thou...

Apr 16, 2019

TUESDAY, April 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Barriers to accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) need to be addressed to help curb the epidemic, according to a report published by the Nationa...

Apr 15, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - People who regularly use cannabis may need more than twice the usual dose of anesthesia for surgery, a U.S. study suggests. ...

Apr 12, 2019

FRIDAY, April 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2009 to 2015, the prevalence of methadone use decreased and buprenorphine use increased among Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women with opioid use disorder,...

Apr 12, 2019

FRIDAY, April 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has clarified that the new guideline on prescribing opioids for chronic pain is not meant to limit access...

Apr 11, 2019

(This April 10 story refiles to fix scrambled syntax in paragraph five) By Justin George Varghese and Martinne Geller (Reuters) - British drugmaker Indivior...

Apr 10, 2019

WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Peripheral nerve blockade with regular local anesthetic and liposomal bupivacaine is associated with lower oral morphine equivalent (OME) use at 72 hours ...

Apr 10, 2019

WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Because of the danger of "serious harm" to patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising doctors not to suddenly stop patients from taking o...

Apr 09, 2019

As a family physician in private practice, our Editor in Chief, Linda Girgis, MD, understands what it means to practice in a vast area of medicine. While physicians will always juggle the challenges o...

Apr 07, 2019

By Lisa Girion and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - A physician ally of Purdue Pharma LP whose views helped drive the explosive growth in the use of addictive pain relievers for ...

Apr 04, 2019

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Oklahoma's attorney general on Thursday had dropped all but a single claim against Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd...

Apr 04, 2019

By Jonathan Stempel and Deena Beasley NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG sued Amgen Inc on Thursday, accusing the U.S. biotechnology company of t...

Apr 04, 2019

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc put profits over patient safety by bribing doctors to prescribe an addictive fentanyl spray, fueli...

Apr 02, 2019

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Members of the Sackler family behind OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP have asked a judge to toss a lawsuit by the Massachusetts attorney...

Apr 02, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - More low-income people addicted to opioids are getting diagnosed and treated with effective medication as a result of the Affordable Care Act, a new study sugges...

Apr 02, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - - Spinal manipulation therapy isn't routinely recommended as the initial treatment for low back pain, but a research review suggests th...

Apr 02, 2019

(In the third paragraph of the April 1 story, corrects to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency) By Michael Martina BEIJING...