Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high relapse rates. During withdrawal, patients experience severe symptoms, which ...

How does your doctor actually prescribe opioid medication? Why is it hard to get a refill? What are the best solutions to ...

The numbers tell a story no one wants to hear: opioid use during pregnancy has more than doubled in California over the past ...

Adding yoga to standard care for opioid use disorder (OUD) may speed up recovery from opioid withdrawal and improve nervous system regulation, results from a new randomized clinical trial suggested.

Understanding both sides of this medication is essential before starting or continuing to take it.

Franklin County Municipal Court now offers medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction. Injections of Sublocade and Vivitrol are available for six hours each week at the courthouse. Treatments ...

"UHG appears to be gaming the system," says Sen. Chuck Grassley ...

Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione shares some good news in the opioid crisis.

A drug alert has been issued by Interior Health in the Vernon region for bogus xanax pills. The xanax tablet, also sold as alprazolam, tests positive for medetomidine. This counterfeit xanax tablet ...

Due to “sustained” overdose reports in Trail, Interior Health has re-issued its overdose alert for Trail and Nelson.

Sailors and Marines are banned from using products containing kratom, which claims to be a herbal pain killer and stimulant.

The sudden withdrawal of this funding ignored the human cost and undermined years of bipartisan investment in public health ...