The FDA’s Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, approved in September, includes several measures to train health professionals on the use of opioid medications and their risks. The ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Mary Williams, a 42-year-old receptionist and mother of three, has a complicated ...

ORLANDO -- Opioid overdoses fell after the FDA implemented a class-wide Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for extended release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids, but deaths did not, researchers ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released new guidance on counseling patients who may be prescribed or are currently taking drugs with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or ...

The main solution to the nation's opioid abuse epidemic is for pharma companies to devise educational programs for physicians on the dangers of overuse, misuse, and abuse of these widely used ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA can require a safety program called a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or REMS, for a medication ...