A US study of more than a million Medicaid enrollees newly diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD), finds most—nearly seven ...

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

Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of ...

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

The largest contract paid CVS $200 million from 2020 through 2023, the period when McKee became governor and first campaigned ...

The Supreme Court blocked the prior settlement, taking issue with the fact the Sacklers would have gotten immunity from ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid receptors. What they didn't know—until now—was exactly what happens next. A ...

The group of researchers were the first to take snapshots of the moment naloxone reverses an opioid overdose in the brain.

A new crisis has emerged among patients who truly suffer from debilitating pain: They cannot get the care that they need.

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid (pronounced "mew-opioid") receptors. What they didn't know - until now - was ...

Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, gave emotional testimony about how pain pills became part of his recovery routine.

Opioid painkillers aren’t needed to manage the pain of a wisdom tooth extraction A combo of ibuprofen and acetaminophen matched or outperformed opioids among dental patients The combo also allowed ...