Pharmacy error gives 9-year-old powerful opioid instead of ADHD medication
COMOX, British Columbia (WKRC) – A pharmacy error nearly resulted in a dangerous mix-up for a 9-year-old boy…
Clinicians Push FDA on NarxCare
This article is the second in a series on prescription drug monitoring programs and analysis tools designed to…
Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death
A Quebec coroner is recommending that diphenhydramine — an antihistamine and sedative sometimes used to sleep better —…
Medetomidine emerges as a new threat in US illegal drug supply
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer CDC: Animal sedative medetomidine showing up in US illegal drug supply Updated:…
Is This Opioid Algorithm Misleading Doctors, Hurting Patients?
This article is the first in a series on prescription drug monitoring programs and analysis tools designed to…
A Non-Opioid Pain Medicine Exists. Will The FDA Act?
Military doctors and other soldiers carry a wounded soldier to a UH-60 medivac helicopter some 60kms … More…