New restrictions meant to cut down on the flow of illegal opioids are leaving some patients without access to medication they ...

THE SAN FRANCISCO Department of Public Health is aiming to treat the underlying cause of drug addiction in order to mitigate ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance will pay more than $300 million as part of an agreement with the Justice Department to settle charges the pharmacy chain helped fuel the opioid crisis by knowingly filling ...

UF scientists have developed a compound that safely activates delta opioid receptors, offering pain relief without ...

Cancer patients experienced a fivefold decline in opioid dose prescriptions between 2016 and 2021, according to a study published March 26 in JCO Oncology Practice.  For the study, researchers from ...

The findings of this study suggest that the New York opioid restriction law was associated with reductions in opioid quantities in the immediate total joint replacement postoperative period.

Most states – 48 – now have laws and rules requiring clinicians to check PDMP data before writing opioid prescriptions, albeit with great variation among them in exemptions to this rule.

The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in ...

State lawmakers are acting to ensure more Hoosier students can access emergency medication at school that's capable of ...

The availability of suzetrigine may represent a critical step in addressing the nation’s pain management crisis. While questions remain about its cost, adoption, and long-term efficacy, its novel ...