Long-Acting Pain Drugs No Longer Approved for Treating Moderate Pain

Long-acting Pain Drugs No Longer Approved for Treating Moderate Pain
“The FDA is invoking its authority to require safety labeling changes and postmarket studies to combat the crisis of misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose, and death from these potent drugs that have harmed too many patients and devastated too many … Read more on TIME (blog)

Doctors Find Two New Ways to Treat Postoperative Pain
Even though painkillers are effective, there is a risk of addiction, which is why reducing the need for painkillers is important. Now, doctors stated that they have found two new ways of lowering postoperative pain without the need for narcotic pain … Read more on Counsel & Heal

Pregnant Lufkin woman who exposed son to meth ordered to substance abuse …
An Angelina County district judge on Friday ordered a 21-year-old woman who exposed her 1-year-old son to methamphetamine to attend substance abuse treatment at a facility in Longview for probation violations. Marci Nicole Berry, who is now pregnant … Read more on KTRE