Nitazene was first developed in the 1950s as an analgesic, but was never approved for medical use. Instead, it was “limited to those researching opioid pharmacology,” said Rolling Stone. Nitazene’s ...

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 ...

The state’s Medical Board has issued clear, evidence-based guidelines that recommend starting with non-opioid medications for ...

Opioid prescription rates among patients with axSpA remained stable in the UK but declined significantly in the US after 2016, likely as a result of CDC guidelines.

Some Mass. families who lost relatives to opioid overdoses object to the size of the payouts and paperwork requirements.

Falling overdose numbers don’t tell the whole story. Survivors and local experts warn the drug crisis still touches every ...

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is warning families about 7-OH, a potent opioid-like substance being sold in gas stations ...

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

OTC pain relievers were as effective as, or better than, prescription opioids for pain after wisdom tooth extraction, in both ...

Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the ...

We also found that states that legalized recreational marijuana earliest (for example, in the early 2000s) experience larger decreases in opioid deaths.