A new and potentially safer opioid has been tested in lab rats, and the results suggest it relieves pain with a lower risk of ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Fourteen counties, two cities and two school districts will split $2.5 million in grants meant to combat opioid addiction in Oklahoma and support recovery programs. The state Opioid ...

Overdose deaths declined significantly in Oklahoma. Researchers say fewer people are dying, in part, due to Medicaid ...

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is taking part of a national effort to prevent medication misuse and opioid addiction ...

Children born to mothers who used buprenorphine for opioid addiction during pregnancy do not have a greater risk of ...

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 the opioid epidemic is one of the most urgent public health emergencies facing the U.S., new therapeutic approaches for ...

Last week, researchers dropped a bombshell report on DFNZ, a developing new medicine derived from a class of drugs once ...

Are you or someone you love struggling with opioids like fentanyl, heroin, or pain pills? Help is closer than you think and ...

People have the same general set of genes, but at the sequence level, many small variations between individuals exist. Genome-wide association studies search for specific variants that are linked to ...

Undergoing major surgery can be a daunting experience, and managing postoperative pain effectively is crucial for a smooth recovery. Opiates are commonly prescribed to alleviate severe pain following ...

In the eight states that expanded Medicaid after 2018, the number of people receiving prescriptions for the opioid addiction ...