Prescription Drugs

President Barack Obama is proclaiming it’s “Prescription Opioid and Heroin-Epidemic Awareness Week.” As more people become addicted, he’s also asking...

The number of babies born physically dependent on drugs is on the rise in Florida and around the nation. The condition, called neonatal abstinence…

A recent report from the Florida Medical Examiners Commission finds that Florida’s 12th Judicial Circuit, which includes DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota…

Federal health advisers recommended approval Tuesday for an experimental implant designed to treat patients recovering from heroin and painkiller...

Approvals for first-of-a-kind drugs climbed last year, pushing the annual tally of new U.S. drugs to its highest level in 19 years.

The Florida Legislature’s crackdown on so-called pill mills saved more than 1,000 lives over three years.That’s according to a study published in the…

Five years ago, Florida was recognized as the unofficial pill mill capitol of the country. Ninety-three of the top 100 oxycodone-dispensing doctors in the…

Since Florida implemented its prescription drug monitoring program four years ago, prescription overdose deaths have dropped by 25 percent. That’s...

Reacting to pleas from desperate patients unable to get pain medications, the Florida Board of Pharmacy on Wednesday approved a rule change aimed at...

Florida is still grappling with the pill mill crisis of four years ago. But with the problem of too many prescriptions receding in the rear-view mirror...