Feb. 25, 2025 – Planning surgery? Talking to your doctor about pain management beforehand could keep you off the path to long-term opioid use, a risk factor for addiction. If the operation is ...

At issue: whether opioid settlement money — paid by health care companies that were sued for fueling the opioid crisis and meant to help states abate addiction — should be funneled to two ...

Could sex hormones explain the difference in opioid use and misuse between genders? Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and according to the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Journavx, the first opioid-free prescription drug for moderate to severe acute pain in more than 20 years.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new non-opioid painkiller is being placed on a tier that means it might be costlier than other pain treatments on UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s approved drug lists.

Feb. 25, 2025 – The FDA has approved a new treatment plan for a long-acting injection, making it easier for people with moderate to severe opioid use disorder (OUD) to start and keep up with ...

Purdue could take additional funds from the Sacklers' future sale of their other companies like Mundipharma, which sold opioids outside of the U.S. Those sales will happen outside of Purdue's ...

The changes aim to shorten the time to achieve treatment effects in patients with opioid use disorder. The FDA has approved label changes for once-monthly Sublocade, helping to reduce possible ...

“This is very harmful for their health — but nowadays, this is business.” India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations ...

To make synthetic drugs like fentanyl, all you need is $3,600 and an internet connection. It’s quite easy — wholly different from the fields of poppies guarded by hired guns or the complex ...