Despite an increase in the use of medication for opioid use disorder in older adults from 2017 to 2022, disparities persist; ...

New synthetic opioids (NSOs) are one of the fastest-growing groups of new psychoactive substances around the world ...

Historic national lawsuit settlements with pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis will bring millions ...

More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...

To date Mesa received $4.5 million in One Arizona settlement funds. The city will give $1 million to nonprofits working to ...

A new opioid-free pain medication was approved by the FDA on Thursday, marking a non-addictive alternative for patients.

Ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl, some good news for the athletes: NFL players are largely avoiding opioid-based pain ...

Veterans who were simultaneously prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) faced an ...

Despite a CT law ensuring the money would be used to counteract the epidemic, Lamont wants to tap into it to pay for social ...

While overdose rates have dropped amongst the middle-class, especially casual recreational users, the drug supply has become ...

NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...

Candidate genetic variants included in a genetic risk algorithm may not meet standards of reasonable clinical efficacy in identifying opioid use disorder risk, according to a study published in JAMA ...