In a bid to stop abuse and diversion of the anticonvulsant gabapentin, a watchdog group is petitioning federal regulators to make the drug a controlled substance. The nonprofit group Public Citizen ...

ALBANY — Efforts to classify a controversial opioid enhancer as a controlled substance in New York stalled shortly after state Sen. Gustavo Rivera took over leadership of his chamber’s Health ...

Many of the prescription drugs that are commonly abused or misused are brands most people have heard of. Painkillers, also known as opioids, are the most frequently abused ones, per data from the New ...

Gabapentin is not likely to cause addiction, but it may lead to dependence or misuse if you have certain conditions. As such, doctors prescribe gabapentin carefully to avoid withdrawal symptoms and ...