The exponential rise in opioid prescriptions by pharmaceutical companies, despite awareness of their addictive nature, has led to a staggering toll of over 760,000 lives lost to drug overdoses since ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — As California struggles to stem a tragic tide of fatal fentanyl overdoses, a global pharmaceutical company will pay more than $100 million for allegedly stifling access to ...

The company's former subsidiary had been indicted by a federal jury in April. Suboxone maker Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB Group) will pay the U.S. government a record $1.4 billion to end criminal and ...

The emergency department (ED) is an ideal place to have opioid addicts get started on buprenorphine therapy ― and the road to recovery, new research suggests. In a study conducted at Yale–New Haven ...

Buprenorphine dramatically lowers overdose risk among teenagers and young adults However, it’s more effective when taken for at least a year Those who quit sooner or had low adherence to their ...

In a randomized trial, both 100-mg and 300-mg monthly maintenance doses of extended-release buprenorphine improved opioid abstinence in patients with high-risk opioid use, with no new safety signals.

New York State has won more than $2 billion from settlements with companies involved in manufacturing, distributing and selling opioids. Suffolk County, where I practice medicine, has already received ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received buprenorphine doses above 16 mg and 24 mg experienced longer times to ED or inpatient ...

A bill that would require some opioid treatment programs to offer long-acting reversible contraceptives passed the West ...

Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of ...