Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone News

The abuse of prescription drugs is a growing concern in our country, especially among teenagers.

Local authorities say hydrocodone, which Candice Jo Drye's family have said she was addicted to before she got arrested last week on a murder charge, is becoming more widely abused.

Hydrocodone is an orally active analgesic and antitussive Schedule II narcotic that is marketed in multi-ingredient Schedule III products.

One nurse, an administrator and five resident assistants, who are employed by New Seasons Assisted Living, were charged today with stealing prescription drugs, specifically during their shifts.

Taking a cue from fishermen, Manchester detectives used a bottle of narcotics as bait to hook a man suspected in a series of robberies and break-ins at three pharmacies.

On Friday, they reeled in their drug-hungry suspect after he grabbed a GPS-marked bottle of Vicodin that led investigators right to him.

Frederick Faunce, 41, of Thomaston, was arrested on burglary, larceny and other charges stemming from a break-in late Thursday night at the Westown Pharmacy.

Faunce also is a suspect in a May burglary there and in two knifepoint robberies at Westown, as well as in similar robberies at pharmacies in Plymouth.

Two people face charges brought by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office in separate cases after they allegedly conned doctors into writing prescriptions for painkillers.

A tracking device in a stolen bottle of Vicodin led police to a robber who they said has targeted a local pharmacy and one in Plymouth.

Detectives tracked the 'bait bottle' - stolen from the Westown Pharmacy at 455 Hartford Road late Thursday night - to the intersection of Main Street and Burr Road in Plymouth, police said. Manchester detectives coordinated with Plymouth police and arrested Frederick Faunce, 41, of Pine Hill Road in Thomaston, they said.

Faunce was arrested on burglary, larceny, criminal mischief and other charges stemming from Thursday night's theft of the prescription pain medication, police said. They expect to arrest him on more charges related to robberies in Manchester and Plymouth and another burglary in Manchester.

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Angelina deputies arrested a Houston man for allegedly carrying an estimated $15,000 worth of narcotic prescription pills while traveling through the county Thursday.

A Meigs County woman has been indicted in Putnam County for "doctor shopping," or going to multiple doctors in a short period of time to obtain similar prescriptions for drugs.

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The two primary issues in a Warren murder trial that started Thursday are whether the victim died from injuries suffered in the beating and what was the intent of one of two accused brothers.

How best to alleviate chronic pain , a leading cause of disability and employee absenteeism, continues to perplex both patients and their doctors.

The doctor who authorities say overprescribed steroids and other drugs to wrestler Chris Benoit was indicted Thursday on 175 federal counts of illegal prescription abuse.

Opiate addiction has become a raging epidemic in New England, destroying thousands of lives and breaking the hearts of those who fight to save a struggling spouse, sibling, child or friend.

A Carrollton, Ga. doctor has been indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on more 150 more counts of overprescribing prescription drugs.

A Port Huron man was arrested after $5,000 worth of prescription drugs was seized Wednesday night from his home.

Hydrocodone: An opioid prescribed as a pain-killer and cough suppressant. Believed as potent a pain-reliever as morphine.