The Kentucky Department of Homeland Security recently issued a warning that a new synthetic opioid named cychlorphine has ...

Addiction response officials are warning about a new substance that has been detected in illicit drug supplies in Ohio and ...

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 7-OH is 13 times more potent than morphine. Yet, in many states across ...

The DEA’s prescription opioid database contains manufacturing and distribution information for every pain pill sold in the U.S. The Post gained access to the database after a yearlong legal battle.

The drug first turned up in Cincinnati in August and has since been linked to overdose deaths elsewhere in the region.

A large review of opioid pain relievers prescribed for acute pain has found these medicines provide only small, short-term ...

Local Kentucky agencies are warning community members about the dangers of N-propionitrile chlorphine, or cychlorphine — a ...

A study, published in The Green Journal, examined opioid use among women who had undergone a hysterectomy for benign reasons. Researchers included 102 female patients, each receiving either a ...

An existing drug currently used to treat glaucoma, altitude sickness, and seizures may also have the potential to prevent ...

Alternatives to opioids are desperately needed to better treat moderate to severe acute pain, but to date, we’ve seen few ...