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 ...

The drugmaker Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin two decades ago with a bold marketing claim: One dose relieves pain for 12 hours, more than twice as long as generic medications. Patients would no ...

The introduction of abuse-deterrent OxyContin in 2010 may have played a key role in the rapid increase in hepatitis C infections because some drug abusers switched from the prescription opioid to ...

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 ...

Pain brings more people into contact with medical professionals than any other problem. The most common medical treatment for pain—both acute and chronic—is opioid medications (so-called “painkillers” ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

Sister Wives’ alum Christine is looking back at her life in her newly released memoir, Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom. The TLC star is being completely honest about some ...