When prescribing opioids for acute pain, physicians should be attentive to a patient’s individual risk factors, according to ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley highlights one illegal substance in particular when discussing marijuana laced ...

For patients with psychiatric conditions from addiction to mood disorders such as depression, disrupted sleep can often ...

The medications “help to bridge that gap between 'I want to get clean' and getting clean," a prisons official said.

Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department (ED) were associated with small increases in later opioid prescriptions and hospital admissions, found new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...

Emergency department opioid prescriptions are associated with small increases in hospital admission and subsequent opioid ...

I am thankful for Mayor DePeña’s willingness to address the dangerous flow of drugs and criminal activity occurring between ...

See related article at KEY POINTS Opioids prescribed by clinicians can lead to opioid use disorder, opioid misuse, and other opioid-related harms. A single opioid prescription is not without risk and ...

Health professionals who work closely with people in recovery say opioids are ruining lives in Delta County and hope this grant cycle helps turn that around.

For the first time in decades, a new class of painkiller has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Santa Rosa County will spend opioid settlement dollars to help people jailed for drug crimes continue treatment and recovery ...

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