Prescription Drugs

A new study from Johns Hopkins University shows Florida’s pill mill crackdown worked in its first year.After becoming the epicenter for prescription…

Ten years ago, Chris Young was crushed by a car he was working under. “He was crushed accordion style,” says his wife Lesley. The accident left Young,...

CVS Health Corp. deliberately overcharged some pharmacy customers for generic drugs by submitting claims to their insurance companies at inflated prices...

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a first-of-a-kind drug that lowers artery-clogging cholesterol more than older drugs that have been...

While the “Right to Try Act,” which aims to give dying patients the right to try unapproved experimental drugs, is law in Florida as of today, its...

In 2012, Medicare’s massive prescription drug program didn’t spend a penny on popular tranquilizers such as Valium, Xanax and Ativan. The following year...

A House budget bill would allow tax dollars to be used next year to administer the state's prescription-drug database, after years of debate about the...

A doctor and eight employees of a South Florida medical clinic are facing manslaughter, racketeering and other charges in what authorities say was a...

CVS Health has agreed to pay a $22 million settlement for the unlawful distribution of prescription drugs. The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached the...

A database that tracks oxycodone and other controlled substances in Florida is being credited with a 25 percent drop in overdose deaths. In 2011, the...