prescription drug database

Surgeons complain it’s too restrictive for patients who undergo major heart surgery or hip replacement. Emergency room doctors gripe they don’t have the...

Susan Langston wiped away tears as she spoke of a 40-year-old woman who had struggled with cancer for a decade before a Fort Myers pharmacy refused to...

A database that tracks oxycodone and other controlled substances in Florida is being credited with a 25 percent drop in overdose deaths. In 2011, the...

After Florida lawmakers failed to address the issue this spring, health officials are advancing an effort to tighten security on the state's…

An appeals court Wednesday tossed out a man's methadone-possession conviction after finding that information from the state's prescription-drug database…

A bill that would expand the authority of nurse practitioners and open a door for some to practice independently of physicians was approved by the Florida…

The state prescription drug databank, called E-FORSCE, sent personal prescription-drug information on 3,300 Floridians out to prosecutors and defense…