According to Sharon Levy, MD, Harvard Medical School's pediatric addiction expert, nonmedical medication misuse may be much more common than previously reported. One of the older fads is in the news ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) is pleased to lend its strong support for the DXM Abuse Prevention Act, introduced into the U.S. House of ...

Dextromethorphan (sometimes referred to as DXM) is a semisynthetic derivative of morphine that's used to treat cough. The drug is an ingredient in more than 125 over-the-counter cough and cold ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The results of the 2020 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future survey shows 3.7 percent of teens reported using ...

The number of reported cases of dextromethorphan abuse in California increased 10-fold between 1999 and 2004, an increase that parallels national trends, according to a report in the December issue of ...

Drank, Kratom and DXM are among the latest addictions that are secretly taking over youth,CrimeTracker 10's Angela An reported. James, 16, has been in and out of drug rehabilitation three times during ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Researchers believe abuse of over-the-counter cough suppressants by U.S. service members on Okinawa is likely still a problem, despite aggressive efforts by the military to ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to help prevent abuse of a common cough suppressant that led to the 2004 death of a Douglas County teen. Dextromethorphan ...