Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource that explains how opioid receptors ...

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office has introduced a grant-funded opioid addiction education course, using money received ...

St. Louis County was awarded about $21 million in 2023, to be paid out over an 18‑year period, through national class‑action ...

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, 257 people died from opioid overdoses in 2024 in Pima County. That ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...

Among pregnant individuals, the rate of opioid-related diagnoses has increased and appears to be associated with increased risk for morbidity.

Opioid antagonists are medications people can take to treat opioid use disorder. They help by reducing withdrawal symptoms, addressing cravings, and managing overdoses. Doctors prescribe opioid ...

The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication this week, marking the first time in over two decades that the agency has approved a non-opioid pain drug ...

Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...

In recent years, drug abuse has fueled a surge in overdose deaths and created an emergent public health crisis in the United ...