Lehigh County has installed two round-the-clock public health kiosks that dispense free naloxone and other harm-reduction supplies in an effort to reduce overdose deaths and expand access to critical ...

When I left the surgeon’s office, groggy from the anaesthesia, jaw throbbing, being told I couldn’t have appropriate pain ...

I recently underwent extensive maxillofacial surgery — jaw bone removal for osteomyelitis. The doctor even said, “You’ll be ...

Low-dose opioid therapy provides stable, long-term symptom control and dose stability for patients with augmented restless legs syndrome.

Researchers have discovered that drugs like Ozempic for diabetes and obesity also improve alcohol use disorders and other addictions. This is a stunning gut-brain breakthrough.

OH, which is also found in small amounts in kratom, are unregulated in most states and causing concern about a "third wave" of the opioid epidemic ...

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

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new synthetic opioid has now been linked to 16 deaths in East Tennessee, the Knox County Regional Forensic Center announced Thursday morning. Previously, the forensic ...

For many Americans, a routine surgical procedure serves as their first introduction to opioid pain medication. While most stop using these drugs as they heal, a considerable number of "opioid-naïve" ...

Brendan Saloner ([email protected]), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Pooja Lagisetty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Access and scale are two sides of the same coin. Whereas ...

Kitsap County officials reported this week that they spent close to $800,000 over the last two years on projects to combat the opioid crisis, funding data collection, community education programs, and ...

Background: The use of prescription opioids has risen dramatically in South Korea in recent years; however, there is no standardized Korean-language instrument to assess opioid withdrawal. The ...