A new research letter published in JAMA Health Forum highlights major gaps in how opioid use is tracked among older adults ...

Medicare Part D claims significantly underreport opioid dispensing for patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities after hospitalizations, according to a September research letter published in the ...

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

New research from Mass General Brigham finds that adolescents and young adults who stayed on the medication buprenorphine for ...

America’s overdose crisis isn’t the simple story we’ve been told for years. A new investigation reveals how two key graphs — ...

Opioids are still widely prescribed, but have limited effectiveness and are associated with serious harms. De-prescribing ...

Greater access to cannabis correlated with significant reductions in opioid prescriptions for people with cancer and ...

For patients recovering from opioid use disorder, particularly from drugs like fentanyl or heroin, the days immediately following a hospital stay are among the most dangerous. A new multi-state study ...

When patterns of opioid use cause significant distress or impairment, you may be experiencing opioid use disorder. While anyone who uses opioids can develop this condition, certain risk factors ...

North Carolina's second Mobile Opioid Treatment Program launches in Greensboro to expand addiction recovery services.

From R&B concerts in New Jersey to a 1950s sock hop in Connecticut, new data shows wide variation in how governments are ...

The state health department has opened a new mobile opioid treatment unit in Greensboro — the second of its kind in North ...