Author: Richard Stevens

A Boone County judge has issued an order to unseal court records that drug distributors have sought to keep secret for more than a year, according to the May 7 … [Read more…]

Pharmacists may do a better job than doctors helping chronically ill patients manage their blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels if they’re allowed to direct people’s health care, a … [Read more…]

In the year after the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) rescheduled hydrocodone combination products from Schedule III to II, 26.3 million fewer hydrocodone combination product prescriptions were written and … [Read more…]

West Virginia pharmacies are dispensing significantly fewer doses of the state’s most popular prescription painkiller.  The number of hydrocodone products, such as Vicodin and Lortab, dropped by nearly 13 million … [Read more…]