A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s - but are quickly gaining a foothold in street ...

We can’t solve what we can’t measure, so let’s use opioid abatement funds to help. Comprehensive toxicology would let us ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has greenlit a new type of pain medication for the first time in more than 20 years. What's more, the new painkiller doesn't include opioids like many ...

(WKBN) – Every year, thousands of people die from overdosing on opioids in the U.S. but now there’s a new, non-opioid pain medication that’s just been approved by the FDA. Suzetrigine is the first ...

McCormick said in a press conference Thursday that he was concerned nitazenes “would become the next fentanyl,” the opioid behind a massive rise in overdose deaths across the U.S.

The opioid epidemic has affected hospitals, both clinically and financially, for almost 30 years. More than1,000 acute care hospitals will receive a share of $700 million as part of the settlement of ...

Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound appear to help people battle alcoholism and opioid addiction, a new study finds. People taking this class of drugs, called ...

The Democrats weakened the borders, allowing Mexican drug cartels to smuggle fentanyl into the United States, where it ...

This is the first new type of pain medication to be approved in more than 20 years It is anticipated that payers will see an up-tick in the number of requests for this new drug. Journavx will likely ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling maintains the decisions of the lower courts (see our recent article) and allows the Government of British Columbia to continue pursuing its proposed “multi-Crown” class ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon public health officials are mapping out plans for spending $41 million in opioid settlement funding that will go toward preventing addiction, expanding treatment ...