The president has said multiple times that the destroyed vessels were carrying the lethal opioid, but officials have told ...

The number of opioid prescriptions for United States nursing home residents sharply declined from 48.1% in 2011 to 33.5% in 2022, according to a November study published in the Journal of the American ...

Opioid prescribing in US nursing homes declined from 2011 to 2022, but racial disparities persisted; White residents had the ...

Since the height of the opioid epidemic, doctors have been prescribing fewer of these medications. A new study from UC San ...

McCormick said in a press conference Thursday that he was concerned nitazenes “would become the next fentanyl,” the opioid ...

Opioid prescription decreased among nursing homes between 2011 and 2022, reflecting national patterns in primary care while ...

Prior authorization is a barrier to accessing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Although private insurance covered about one-third of patients with OUD in 2023, the understanding of prior ...

Kratom is a plant that comes from Southeast Asia that has opioid-like properties. The perception is that it's relatively safe ...

A new study from Tulane University found that, over the past decade, more states have moved to make it easier for people with ...

Local governments have received hundreds of millions of dollars from the opioid settlements to support addiction treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts.

In recent months, the FDA has also issued warnings on other unapproved drugs sold as supplements or energy drinks, including the antidepressant tianeptine. Sometimes referred to collectively as “gas ...

Punjab's population was engaged in substance use. Latest NCRB report says state recorded highest no. of overdose deaths for ...