A new study, published in PLOS Medicine, examined the use of gabapentin along with opioid painkillers. Researchers conducted a case-control study among people who were prescribed opioid analgesics in ...

(CNN) -- CVS and Walgreens have tentatively agreed to pay a combined $10 billion to settle lawsuits brought by states and local governments alleging the retailers mishandled prescriptions of opioid ...

Scientists have visualized for the first time how opioids such as loperamide and the antidote naloxone engage a key brain receptor, offering insight that could lead to better pain treatments.

You’re heading into surgery soon and your doctor has told you that you’re going to need prescription painkillers. You can’t help but think about all of the frightening reports over the last few years ...

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Accidental overdoses aren't the only deadly risk from using powerful prescription painkillers - the drugs may also contribute to heart-related deaths and other fatalities, new ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Prescription opioid abuse and its downstream effects have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved a step closer to ...

More than one in three adults in the UK suffers from chronic pain — just under 28 million people, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice). But until now, the ...

More than 80% of the settlement funds will go to state and local governments. The  remainder will go to those who directly ...

A bankruptcy court judge has approved the settlement of thousands of lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful ...