A newly launched statewide prescription drug monitoring program is Missouri’s latest tool in the fight against the misuse of medications. The Missouri Legislature passed a law to create the ...

(Reuters Health) - State programs that monitor narcotic prescriptions help prevent 10 opioid-overdose deaths a day in the U.S., yet improvements could save another two people a day, a new study finds.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 90 people lose their lives to an opioid overdose each day in the U.S. While the crisis defies easy answers, many experts say ...

Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are now in place in response to rising levels of overdoses involving opioids and synthetic opioids. But a new study that sought to clarify the ...

New research from Swansea University suggests that a simple nurse- or carer-led medicines' monitoring system can help reduce medication-related illness for people living in residential care homes - ...

State prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) aim to reduce risky controlled-substance prescribing, but early programs had limited impact. Several states implemented robust features in 2012–13, ...