By: Mark Lowery, Content Editor July 25, 2014 FDA has approved a new oxycodone painkiller that’s designed to be more difficult for drug abusers to exploit. Targiniq ER (Purdue Pharma) is an extended-release tablet that combines oxycodone, the active ingredient...
DRUGTOPICS.COM JULY 02, 2014 By: Mark Lowery, Content Editor A federal report credits Florida’s crackdown on pill mills and doctor shoppers with reducing deaths from prescription-drug overdoses by nearly one quarter. The report from the Centers for Disease...
DRUGTOPICS.COM JULY 02, 2014 By: Mark Lowery State lawmakers in California are considering a bill that would allow patients to opt out of health plan requirements that certain prescriptions be filled by mail order. The bill (AB 2418) has already passed the state’s...
By Susan Trujillo on July 1, 2014 Posted in DEA Compliance, Drug Policy, Scheduling Actions Possibly in the hopes of catching everyone before they leave for their 4th of July holiday, the DEA published its Final Rule in the Federal Register on July 2nd placing...