More and more Americans are being prescribed powerful narcotic drugs when they visit the emergency department for problems such as low back pain or a pounding headache, a new study finds. Between 2001 ...

Patients got fewer narcotic painkillers and overdoses declined after two problem drugs were removed from the market in 2010, a large study of insurance claims reported Monday. The researchers looked ...

Providers need access to accurate information on all patients who visit the ED for narcotics. Providers need to address the overuse of prescription narcotics in the emergency room. One of the fastest ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Nearly 1,000 pounds of an illicit narcotic called 'khat' was seized from Dulles International Airport in July, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Thursday.

May 11, 2010 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — Although irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be extremely painful, narcotics are inadvisable for this condition. Even so, a sizeable proportion of patients are ...

Use of prescription narcotic painkillers is common in pregnancy and increases the likelihood a baby will be born small or early, or go through painful drug withdrawal, a new study finds. These ...

Older patients with arthritis who take narcotic-based drugs to relieve pain face a higher risk of bone fracture, heart attack and death when compared to those taking non-narcotic drugs, according to a ...

Germany heavy metal icons Accept will embark on a North American tour in support of 2021's Too Mean To Die album this fall, with support coming from death metal act Narcotic Wasteland. "After two ...

Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district has deployed a canine unit to bolster efforts against drug trafficking and ...