The Branded Pharmaceutical Association Comments on Hydrocodone

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Branded Pharmaceutical Association (BPA) represents specialty manufacturers, marketers, and distributors of pharmaceutical products. Some members of the BPA produce, market or distribute Legacy Drugs, which are older, well-established and well rec...

Zogenix and Astellas Enter Exclusive Co-Promotion Agreement in the US for Newly Approved Sumavel(TM) DosePro(TM)

...o in December 2007, and received FDA approval in July 2009. The company's pipeline also includes ZX002, a novel oral controlled-release formulation of hydrocodone without acetaminophen for the treatment of chronic pain, expected to enter Phase 3 clinical trials in 2009. Zogenix also plans to license the patente...

If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?

... but, used separately, can be used safely." Narcotic painkillers such as hydrocodone and oxycodone run the risk of being abused. "We want to get tighter control...t sure of the exact mechanism." Currently there is no pill that contains hydrocodone alone, but Shurman said that a slow-release version is close to arriving on...

Waters Corporation Announces U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Acquires Waters ACQUITY UPLC System to Train Forensic Chemists in Drug Screening and Profiling

...al markets. For example, data collected by the DEA from forensic laboratories about the regional use of prescription pain medicines like oxycodone and hydrocodone for non-medical purposes informs drug policy and drug enforcement initiatives and helps solve crimes. Each year, several million seized drug items are...

A New, Highly Effective, Non-Narcotic Pain Medication Now Available for Chronic Pain Patients

...t reduction in withdrawal symptoms when coming off hydrocodone and opoids A safe, legal and non-narcotic pain m...evation, fatigue, sedation or constipation as with hydrocodone or codeine FDA Approved Ingredients Here are ...hington Click here to see the Neurocet versus hydrocodone Multicenter Meta Analysis Study conducted from Sep...

Rite Aid Corporation and Subsidiaries Agree to Pay $5 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve Violations in Eight States of the Controlled Substances Act

...tages or surpluses of the most highly abused drugs, including oxycodone and hydrocodone products, reflecting a pattern of non-compliance with the requirements of t... count all Schedule II controlled substances quarterly and physically count hydrocodone and alprazolam products yearly. Currently, the CSA only requires registran...

Painkillers Linked to Increase in Overdose Deaths

...sicians to prescribe pain medications, particularly opioids like methadone, hydrocodone and oxycodone, Hall said. "This epidemic of prescription drug overdose i...ess likely to have a prescription for the drug than people who overdosed on hydrocodone or oxycodone, the researchers found. In 1997, two reports called for bet...

Extended Therapy Helps Drug-Addicted Teens

... has been an increase in the use of prescription painkillers and other opioids among teens and young adults. The prevalence of the use of the opiod hydrocodone is reported to be 3 percent among eighth graders, 7 percent among 10th graders, and 10 percent in 12th graders, he noted. "Most adolescents and you...

McKesson Corporation Agrees to Pay More Than $13 Million to Settle Claims That It Failed to Report Suspicious Sales of Prescription Medications

...about excessive sales of their products to pharmacies filling illegal online prescriptions. The pharmacies filled purported online "prescriptions" for hydrocodone (contained in drugs such as Vicodin), but the prescriptions were issued outside the normal course of professional practice and not for a legitimate me...

Kansas Doctor Charged in Deadly Prescription Drug Overdoses

...eived prescriptions for controlled drugs including hydrocodone (Lortab), Oxycodone and Benzodiazepines (Xanax) fr...tal overdose of prescription medications including hydrocodone (Lortab), Oxycodone and Benzodiazepines. THE D...ive disk disease of the lower spine. He prescribed hydrocodone (Lortab) and Soma (a muscle relaxant). For the...

Hydrocodone in Medical Technology

Abbott Receives Complete Response Letter From FDA for Controlled-Release Hydrocodone With Acetaminophen

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott has received a Complete Response Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its New Drug Application (NDA) for a controlled-release form of hydrocodone with acetaminophen. Abbott is evaluating the FDA Complete Respons...

Ranbaxy Receives Approval to Manufacture and Market Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetaminophen Tablets USP

PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), announced today that RLL has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and market Hydrocodone Bitartrate and Acetamino...

Hydrocodone in Biological Technology

Sumavel(TM) DosePro(TM) (sumatriptan injection) Approved by FDA for Acute Migraine and Cluster Headache: First Product Featuring Novel DosePro Needle-Free Delivery System

...o in December 2007, and received FDA approval in July 2009. The company's pipeline also includes ZX002, a novel oral controlled-release formulation of hydrocodone without acetaminophen for the treatment of chronic pain, expected to enter Phase 3 clinical trials in 2009. Zogenix also plans to license the patente...

Charleston Laboratories, Inc. Completes Exploratory Bioequivalence Study of CL-108

...nstrated in controlled clinical trials, the pharmacokinetic data point to the efficacy of an immediate-release low-dose anti-emetic when combined with hydrocodone and acetaminophen for patients with acute moderate to severe pain. We will utilize key results from this and other studies to build our pipeline of o...

ETHEX Corporation Issues Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Products

...iquid (58177-877-07 & 877-12) Histinex PV Liquid (58177-883-07) hydrocodone Bitartrate & Acetaminophen Liquid (58177-909-07) hydrocodone Bitartrate/Guaifenesin Liquid (58177-881-07) Hydrocortisone and Iodoqui...

Detection of Morphine and Morphine-Glucuronide in Saliva or Urine with a Rapid and Simple Method Without Derivatization on the Varian 500-MS

...s environments, including forensics and social justice environments as well as in sporting events. Non-heroin opiates such as morphine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone are appearing increasingly in drug indicator data. For example, in San Francisco, the number of emergency department mentions of oxycodone overdose in...