A new congressionally mandated report examines how opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing between 2007 and 2019 impacted ...

After reading a recent Sun-Times investigation on opioid deaths among a generation of Black men, columnist Alden Loury ...

Opioid-related neurocognitive symptoms among patients on long-term opioid therapy were most prevalent during the course of therapy.

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

Research reveals that δ-receptor agonists like KNT-127 alleviate IBS symptoms by modulating gut-brain interactions and ...

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

Many people, including pro football players, are first introduced to addictive opioid painkillers after an injury Recognizing ...

1:42 B.C. Conservatives release leaked Ministry of Health presentation on safe supply A “significant portion” of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists in British Columbia are being ...

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

Hydromorphone, a type of opioid, is pictured at a managed opioid program in 2019. The drug is among those whose prescriptions have dramatically increased in recent years. The province is ...

During 2023-24 seizures of street drugs laced with carfentanil - a highly potent analog of fentanyl - rose by 720%. Despite ...

Endo's slide into bankruptcy follows in the footsteps of Purdue Pharma – which filed in 2019 but is still negotiating opioid settlement and corporate restructuring terms – as well as ...