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

Nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid, now classified as a Class A controlled drug. They are man-made drugs intended to ...

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 ...

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 ...

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Investigators publish new report on Opioids. Financial supporters for this research include NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office ...

Talking with the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition’s Loftin Wilson about the coalition’s work, how the opioid epidemic ...

A state-record-breaking Drug Enforcement Administration fentanyl seizure reported by the Gazette Monday illustrates why more ...

Powerful psychotropic drugs are often the next step, even though their combined effects in young children haven’t been ...

Novo Nordisk is expected to announce soon whether its blockbuster GLP-1 drug semaglutide can help slow Alzheimer’s disease ...

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