Drugs Stories
The DEA has announced its plan to move opioid painkillers from a Schedule III drug classification to the more restrictive Schedule II.
Xiaflex, an experimental cellulite drug from Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, satisfied 68% of women in a clinical trial.
A law that attempts to stop the use of drugs at raves and dance parties isn’t helping, and instead might make matters worse.
Long-term use of prescription-level NSAIDs may produce wide-ranging and unwanted side effects.
Researchers in Northern Ireland have developed antibacterial gel for hospitals that is specially designed to target drug-resistant super-bugs.
A new study finds a more effective way to treat patients suffering from severe depressive disorder.
In the war on drugs, there are many who oppose marijuana on grounds that it's not healthy in certain ways. Here are five health myths debunked.
A synthetic drug is being mixed into heroin supplies, killing people much faster.
Clarithromycin, an antibiotic commonly prescribed to treat bacterial infections, can increase a patient's risk of dying due to an adverse cardiac event.
A breathing stimulant promises to prevent shortness of breath without reducing pain relief in opioid pain killers.
The owner of a pharmaceutical company in Turkey has been arrested for selling illegal cancer drugs in the U.S., and bringing harm to cancer patients.
Although many people believe peer pressure encourages drug use, a study on young adults finds that their influences are way more subtle.