Concerns over the risks of co-prescribing benzodiazepine and opioid drugs has 41 state health officials petitioning the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to place a new black box warning on both ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week sent a warning letter to Tramadol US, which is linked to more than two dozen websites that sell unapproved and misbranded opioids and other drugs to ...

Among those fully discontinuing benzodiazepines, 10.4 percent had taken a year or longer to taper, though their symptoms persisted beyond discontinuation, sometimes for months and years. Many had ...

Prescription drugs like lorazepam — used to treat anxiety, panic attacks and sleep disorders — play a role in popular TV shows like “The White Lotus” and “The Pitt.” By Christina Caron Victoria ...