Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.

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

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

Fentanyl’s prevalence in the illicit drug market has made overdoses a universal risk, affecting a wide range of students – ...

Headaches and migraine, including mild tension headaches, are linked to an increased risk of suicide, according to new ...

HealthDay News — Distribution of prescribed opioid analgesics is lower in majority non-White versus majority White communities across all levels of socioeconomic deprivation, according to a study ...

A new congressionally mandated report examines how opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing between 2007 and 2019 impacted all-cause mortality among veterans treated at the VHA.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Journavx, a new pain reliever without the risks of addiction or ...

Using an innovative and recently validated animal model of IBS, the researchers showed that opioid delta-receptor agonists can ameliorate stress-induced IBS symptoms by acting on the insular cortex of ...

It’s been killing people across the country for years, but this is the first time the Honolulu medical examiner has found it in an overdose victim.

Researchers at University of the Pacific in Stockton have developed a long-acting opioid overdose-reversal drug-delivery ...

A new television attack ad in Wisconsin's hotly contested Supreme Court race features a doctored image of the liberal ...