In kicking his heroin addiction, he then became addicted to the prescription narcotics that were used during his treatment.

You're a chronic pain patient who takes several prescription narcotics to control your symptoms.

Makers of prescription narcotics say radio labels could help cut down on the booming trade in stolen pills.

The Food and Drug Administration, for one, is reassessing how it reviews prescription narcotics for potential abuse.

In the wake of the OxyContin scandal, drug companies are in a race to make it more difficult to tamper with prescription narcotics.

"It is safer than a lot of the prescription narcotics that I detox people from."

He was accused of continually writing high-dose prescription narcotics to Gray, despite him being a known drug addict from December 27, 2005 until his death.

Federal prosecutors charged a Manhattan doctor and two pharmacists yesterday with taking part in a conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription narcotics.

Many were caused when patients with chronic pain took prescription narcotics bundled with acetaminophen.

As a result, one in 20 U.S. adults admits to having abused prescription narcotics.