Zongenix's Painkiller Fails to Win Support of U.S. Advisers

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

Prescription pain relievers are the second-most abused drug in the U.S. after marijuana, with hydrocodone-related emergency room visits more than doubling from 2004 to 2010, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Can excessive cellphone use become an addiction?

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

U.S emergency rooms tended to more than 11,400 cases of drug-related health complications specifically linked to the use of synthetic marijuana in 2010, a new government report reveals. U.S emergency rooms tended to more than 11,400 cases of …
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