A dose of hope for opioid withdrawal. The process of getting clean from opioid addiction can bring on intense physical ...

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

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

The experiences of one doctor in Louisiana reveal the tensions around trying to get people to engage in addiction treatment, ...

The European Medicines Agency has recommended granting marketing authorization for a new hybrid formulation of buprenorphine as a substitution treatment of opioid drug dependence. Buprenorphine ...

While not without its disadvantages, narcotic replacement therapy has been shown to improve the success rate of those in recovery. Over the last several decades, the use of narcotics, or opioids, has ...

Non-opioid alternatives provide satisfactory pain relief, yet too many patients are prescribed opioids after dental procedures, writes the chairman of the Council to Prevent Opioid Dependence One of ...

Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who'd been battling addiction for decades. Chronic ...

Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children ...

Ten Iowa entities have been notified they will receive grants of up to $1 million each for opioid addiction prevention and ...

Women taking opioids during pregnancy were up to twice as likely to have complications during delivery, and 71% more likely ...

OxyContin (oxycodone) is a pain medication available by prescription in the United States. It is part of a class of drugs known as opioids. A person needs to use medications, such as OxyContin, only ...