New York state filed civil charges on Thursday accusing Johnson & Johnson of insurance fraud for downplaying the risks of opioid painkillers, including to doctors and elderly patients.

CLEMSON, S.C. (WSPA) – Researchers at Clemson University said infant opioid withdrawal is a bigger issue than people may ...

Though rarely considered during treatment for opioid use disorder, uncontrolled pain is strongly linked to less success in treatment outcomes, a lower quality of life, and mental health issues, a new ...

Attorney General Austin Knudsen was in Sidney, Thursday, Oct. 2, and while here, shared his concern about a very real danger ...

Longwood, FL – WhiteSands Treatment has published a new educational article titled “What Are the Signs of Opioid Addiction?”, providing timely guidance on one of the most pressing health concerns ...

Typically, a person experiencing an overdose will get treated with naloxone, otherwise known as Narcan. Once administered, it pushes fentanyl off the opioid receptor, stopping the ...

Flint health and drug rehabilitation officials say they are treating a growing number of patients using what they call a “gas ...

This study investigated how geography helps explain the striking increase in opioid-related overdose deaths among Black Americans since the proliferation of fentanyl. Using mortality data from the ...

What if, during the mass overdose event in Penn North this summer, word had circulated of a bad batch out there, so other buyers might beware? What if on any given day, rather than injecting alone, ...

There is a time for everything. Now is the time for the Department of Veterans Affairs to go opioid-free. When I first began practicing medicine at the VA, it was common to “prescribe” alcoholic ...

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2018, file photo, Leah Hill, a behavioral health fellow with the Baltimore City Health Department, displays a sample of Narcan nasal spray in Baltimore. The overdose-reversal ...

A new study has found that prompt administration of opioid pain relief in emergency departments reduces the likelihood of hospitalization for children with sickle cell disease, according to findings ...