Doctors often prescribe strong medications to relieve pain, distress and discomfort in palliative care, but many of these ...

In an effort to combat fentanyl related deaths, Texas has launched an interactive map to locate free or where to purchase ...

Opioids are commonly prescribed to manage pain, but their effects on movement and coordination can pose serious risks, particularly for older adults. One major concern is their impact on gait. Changes ...

Christopher Tulip was 36 years old when he was pronounced dead at his home in Ponteland on March 15, 2024. Newcastle ...

Kratom industry leaders criticized a provision that potentially allows for highly potent synthetic products to stay on store ...

Fentanyl is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin and 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, and can be ingested into ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that her father spent his golden years in Florida, which does not have California’s death with ...

In this systematic review, evidence for the efficacy of acute pain interventions on individuals with opioid use disorder was ...

According to the Texas Health and Human Services, fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. For context, it only ...

Two more people in the Netherlands have been hospitalised with nitazene poisoning after ingesting what they thought was the ...

Craig Skillen, 35, was a well-known Newcastle fan who had struggled with chronic back pain, alcohol-dependence and ...

US Republican Senator Steve Daines arrived in Bejing on March 20, the first member of Congress to visit China since Trump ...