F.D.A. Toughens Warning Labels for Some Opioid Painkillers (Published 2016)

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it was requiring new warning labels for certain types of opioid painkillers, a step that it said would help ease an epidemic of abuse in the United States. The agency said the changes would mostly apply to immediate-release opioids — usually intended for use every four to six hours — and would include new boxed warnings, the agency’s