DENVER — A weight-loss drug used to treat obesity and diabetes has shown promise to treat another disorder: opioid addiction. Early results from a small clinical trial, presented February 17 at the ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The Food and Drug Administration will soon require prescription opioid manufacturers to include stronger language on the medications’ labels ...

Opioids have long been known as natural substances with substantial pharmacological effect. They have been used as effective painkillers. Researchers have now identified a natural active substance ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of adverse events potentially related to serotonin syndrome was low and similar across all ...

The drug's manufacturer says they'll apply for FDA approval this year. A pharmaceutical company has presented new data for an experimental drug that they say can reduce acute pain, raising the ...

Opioid medications will be required to have their labeling updated to highlight the safety risks of long-term use, the FDA announced on Thursday. The agency is requiring opioid manufacturers to add to ...

Fentanyl’s powerful pull comes from both the potent, rapid euphoria people feel while on the drug and the devastating symptoms of withdrawal. Researchers have now zeroed in on brain circuits ...

The increase in the manufacture and use of highly-addictive synthetic opioids is a global challenge. The EU is taking action to curb this global affliction on society. Opioids are a class of drugs ...

Shania Liu receives funding from the FIP Hospital Pharmacy Section, FIP Early Career Pharmacists Group, and Alberta Innovates (Postdoctoral Fellowship). Asad Patanwala and Katelyn Jauregui do not work ...