A new study in Health Affairs found that state prescription drug monitoring programs designed to help law enforcement identify illegal activity have the added benefit of improving patient safety and ...

Summary In 2009, the Oregon legislature created the Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), which tracks prescriptions for certain drugs dispensed by Oregon pharmacies. The database tracks ...

Oxycodone-related deaths dropped 25 percent after Florida implemented its Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in late 2011 as part of its response to the state's prescription drug abuse epidemic, ...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced that National Drug Take Back Day will happen on Saturday, April 25.

Drug Distributors Call for Nationwide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to Combat Opioid Crisis At a House Energy and Commerce (E&C) committee hearing on Tuesday, drug distribution company ...

Cape Girardeau County may join a prescription-drug monitoring program that has been embraced by 32 Missouri counties and cities. The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees has ...

Should testosterone remain on Rhode Island’s state roster of tightly regulated drugs known as controlled substances? That was ...

North Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner Corp. is collaborating with the town of Nevada, Mo., the seat of Vernon County, to establish a prescription drug monitoring program, according to a Kansas City ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.–The state House has given initial approval to a program to track prescription drugs, but the Republican majority is split on the issue. The bill is aimed at fighting prescription ...

US Food and Drug Administration layoffs appear to be affecting programs that track drug safety. Fired workers from the Division of Drug Information, which conducts safety monitoring, say the DDI team ...

MADISON, Wis. -- National Drug Take Back Day is happening across Wisconsin on Saturday. According to data , more than 2.1 ...