Though increasingly prescribed in the U.S., a 2025 study linked gabapentin prescriptions for chronic low back pain with ...

Addiction response officials are warning about a new substance that has been detected in illicit drug supplies in Ohio and ...

The world's largest review of opioid pain relievers prescribed for acute pain found these medicines provide only small, short ...

Two advisory committees to the US Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone (also called Narcan), be made ...

Compounds far more potent than fentanyl are emerging faster than ever. State and local overdose tracking systems should be ...

Health officials say the medication can reverse an opioid overdose in minutes — but only if it's administered in time.

Researchers have found opioids don’t mitigate pain any better than a placebo. Researchers in Australia have found that for low back pain sufferers in their mid-40s, opioids don’t mitigate pain any ...

A reporter recently asked me about what harm I may have caused as a pain management physician who prescribes opioids. As I reflected on my last 10 years in this field, my response was that the harms I ...

The Berrien County Health Department is currently warning residents about the health risks 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a novel potent opioid found in kratom products sold at gas stations, smoke shops ...

A "game-changer" jab to treat opioid dependence could ease pressure on health care services, outperforming other standard treatments, a new report involving University of Hertfordshire academics ...

StarCare is hosting a community information session on Friday, February 27, in Levelland. The event will have information for ...