Scientists have developed a new gene therapy that quiets pain at its source in the brain—without the addictive risks of opioids. Using AI to map how pain is processed, they created a targeted “off ...

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

More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research into a class of opioids that were ...

A novel mu-opioid receptor agonist showed strong analgesia without respiratory depression, tolerance, or significant ...

Long-term opioid prescribing has fallen in the United States over the last decade, but millions of patients still received ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a novel, highly potent opioid that shows potential as ...

Suzetrigine prevents pain signals from reaching the brain and doesn't give an opioid-like high, making it non-addictive—but it's expensive. Reading time 2 minutes To treat acute pain, doctors in the U ...

A recent study explodes the myth that the risk of addiction to prescription opioids exists only among patients abusing their opioids. Until recently, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) ...

CLEMSON, S.C. (WSPA) – Clemson University and city leaders are working to identify gaps in opioid recovery services. The ...

"Our main finding is that while long-term opioid therapy has declined, it remains common among Americans. Also, ...

General Hospital‘s Jacob Young opened up for the first time about secretly battling an addiction for years. “I had some dental surgery done,” Young, 46, shared on a recent episode of the “Imperfectly ...

Despite a 24% drop since 2015, over 4 million Americans remain on long-term opioids, and they’re older, on Medicare, and ...