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

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

MORE THAN A YEAR NOW. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT NUMBERS, BUT IT’S REALLY A STORY ABOUT PEOPLE. PEOPLE RAVAGED BY THE OVERDOSE CRISIS. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM OPIOID ...

Cincinnati — A decade ago, the streets around Cincinnati, Ohio, became a front line for America's deadliest drug crisis. Tom Synan, police chief of nearby Newton, and head of Hamilton County's ...

New research about the harms of long-acting opioids may underestimate risks, members of two FDA advisory committees said Monday. Data did not represent large segments of the U.S. population and relied ...

Individuals with opioid use disorder can get “stuck” in particular patterns of brain activity, a new Yale study finds. And this stickiness is more pronounced after they’ve seen images related to ...

Certain social determinants and psychological factors may elevate a person’s risk for new persistent opioid use after surgery, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.Enrollment in Medicaid ...