Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients and health care providers that budesonide solution (for nasal irrigation), dispensed by The Compounding Shop of St Petersburg, FL, may be contaminated and should not be used or administered to patients. 

To reduce the risk of accidental exposure, FDA has announced new requirements that change the appearance of fentanyl pain patch warnings to make them more visible. 

In Florida, deaths tied to prescription drugs dropped by 17.7% and deaths caused by oxycodone plunged by 41%, state officials announced in a recent report.

A group of drugs known as “bath salts” were linked to an estimated 22,904 visits to hospital emergency departments in 2011.

State senators from Nevada and California are calling on Craigslist to remove ads from its site that facilitate illegal distribution and diversion of narcotics.

A series of bills have been introduced to the Michigan Legislature that would include several provisions intended to strengthen the regulation of compounding in the state.

Over the last year, evidence has been mounting that rogue online drug sellers are peddling dangerous counterfeit Viagra^® (sildenafil) to many people who bought the medication online, Forbes reports.

The Arizona Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse Initiative has been honored as the best prescription drug abuse initiative in the Western region by the National Criminal Justice Association.

A new report from CDC warns that there is a growing threat of antibiotic-resistant strains of infectious diseases. 

People throughout the country are receiving threatening phone calls from international extortionists impersonating Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other law enforcement personnel.