Findings from postmarketing studies showed long-term opioid use was associated with serious risks including misuse, addiction, and overdose. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring ...

Fentanyl overdose deaths have recently dropped. From April 2024 to March 2025, the CDC reported 43,000 synthetic opioid deaths, most of which are from fentanyl, down from nearly 70,000 in the previous ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has criminalized nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids that can be even stronger than fentanyl, as overdose deaths in the state mount. Nitazenes are temporarily ...

Medications proven to effectively treat opioid addiction are rarely given after emergency department visits for overdose, and who gets them varies, sometimes greatly, depending on race, ethnicity or ...

Drug overdose deaths in Massachusetts tied to opioids are at their lowest level in more than a decade, according the preliminary figures. However, the state's public health department warns more money ...

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 youth who initiated buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder, four patterns of buprenorphine use were identified, with the most common being discontinuation within 3 months. Low adherence ...

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

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says opioid overdose deaths hit the highest level ever recorded in the United States last year. A DEA report obtained by The Associated Press ...

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

ALBANY — More than a year after the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James reached an $86 million settlement with drugmaker Indivior over its alleged role in fueling the state’s opioid ...

This fall, pro football legend, Emmitt James Smith III, is kicking off his third year with Ready to Rescue, an initiative to break down the stigma around opioid poisonings and educating others on how ...