The Food and Drug Administration is attempting to put a spotlight on the potential risks associated with prolonged use of opioid pain medications by mandating changes to the way those products are ...

Japanese scientists have developed ADRIANA, a non-opioid painkiller that could provide powerful relief without the dangers of addiction. With successful trials already completed, large U.S. studies ...

Over the last two decades, the drug overdose crisis — driven by opioids — has taken an unimaginable toll on American families and communities. Yet the data suggest progress is being made in combating ...

Opioid settlements are being dispersed to local projects that address the ongoing opioid crisis. Opioid settlements are being dispersed to local projects that address the ongoing opioid crisis in our ...

Angela Williamson talks with filmmaker Carole J. Wilson. On this episode of Everybody, Angela Williamson talks with filmmaker Carole J. Wilson (Myanmar Year Zero, Reconciliation: Mandela's Miracle, ...

New research challenges fears about stopping long-term prescription opioid use, uncovering no associated rise in suicide risk and a sharp drop in overdose death. The findings offer reassurance for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abandoned in the 1950s, nitazene opioids are resurfacing in illicit markets. Emergency physicians, toxicologists ...

Opioid abuse during pregnancy is on the rise, new research suggests—and that’s likely to endanger both expectant mothers and their children. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) ...

While prescribing peaked more than a decade ago, in 2012, a legacy effect is still underway, with widespread misuse of synthetic opioids (chiefly fentanyl) replacing their prescribed counterparts as ...