JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A nationwide backlog on prescription pain medicine is impacting those looking to fill their prescriptions on the First Coast. A viewer, who wants to remain anonymous, wrote First ...

Minutes into a conversation, Diane Heilmann rearranges the pillows on her sofa and changes positions gingerly. She’s not concerned about appearances. She’s following medical advice. Heilmann, who ...

Susan Stephens has two broken disks in her back. The only drug that helps relieve her back pain is hydrocodone. “I’ve been to the doctor over and over again. I’ve tried so many different drugs, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An important pain medication is running low at area pharmacies. The opioid Hydrocodone is in short supply, and some people are ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration has spent the last decade considering whether to make it harder to obtain the most popular type of narcotic painkiller: “hydrocodone combination” products, such as ...

GILBERT, W.VA. — When his craving for painkillers got to be too much, Steve Dotson lay down and let his wife drive a car over his leg. It hurt, but he could dismiss the pain with thoughts of the ...

Q: My 83-year-old mother recently fell on the ice and broke a rib. She was treated at urgent care and given a prescription for hydrocodone, but only a week's worth. When that ran out, she went to her ...

A medical examiner testified Thursday that he could not determine whether the woman who died from ingesting a lethal dose of hydrocodone in June 2018 took the pain medication herself or was poisoned ...

Beverly Schilke has lived with constant pain every day for more than 40 years after a flesh-eating bacteria ravaged both her legs. "It's probably like somebody was taking a hot poker and sticking it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Cory Hunter and Jessica Elaine Vogel, both residents of Kershaw, have been charged with trafficking fentanyl following an ...

The increased restrictions on hydrocodone combination products that go into effect on Monday, October 6, are having a major impact on chronic pain patients seeking their monthly refill on a ...

Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Eileen.Buckley@wkbw.com BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — An important pain medication is running low at area pharmacies.