When Sister Wives star Christine Brown used oxycodone, a well-known pain medication, she quickly found herself addicted to this Schedule II controlled substance. Following her knee surgery, this ...

While looking back on the highs and lows of her life in a new memoir, Christine Brown Woolley shares a raw confession about her past experience with oxycodone addiction. In her book, titled “Sister ...

May 22, 2012 (Honolulu, Hawaii) — According to 2 surveys conducted in the United States, the abuse of OxyContin (controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride) decreased after the prescription opioid ...

After a 15-year lull, abuse of prescription narcotic analgesics splashed onto the front pages of the nation's newspapers this winter. People looking for highs -- and high profits -- robbed and ...

Oxycontin, which usually costs $20-$40 per pill, is one of the most abused drugs among celebrities, according to a Fox News report. Michael Jackson was heavily addicted to Oxycontin before he died and ...

“Sister Wives” alum Christine Brown developed an “absolutely devastating” addiction to oxycodone following an injury and subsequent surgery. Brown, 53, detailed her past reliance on the opioid in her ...

WASHINGTON -- Dr. Raeford Brown was uniquely positioned to help the U.S. government answer a critical question: Is a new version of the painkiller OxyContin helping fight the national opioid epidemic?

NEW YORK -- The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to doctors, bowing to a key demand of lawsuits that blame the company for helping trigger the ...