“Opioids for longer-term, persistent chronic pain are not the best medications because of tolerance and other factors that may interfere with the long-term trajectory of opioid therapy,” Hooten said. ...

For the first time in two decades, the FDA has approved a new class of non-opioid pain medication, offering an alternative to addictive opioids for patients seeking pain relief. The drug, suzetrigine, ...

Federal and state governments impose restrictions on both physician and non-physician opioid prescribers To dispense opioids, federal law requires licensed physicians to register with DEA, have an ...

Since being deemed a public health emergency in 2017, opioids are responsible for 72% of drug overdose deaths in the United States, according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics. New ...