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

Kids with broken or sprained limbs don't need oral opioids to treat their pain, according to newly published findings from a ...

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 ...

Medical cannabis could be a substitute for opioids in patients with chronic pain, but more data are needed, according to an ...

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 ...

How many innocent lives must be harmed before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changes course on prescription opioids? The CDC recently released opioid guidelines, a recommendation for ...

Pharmacist-directed medical cannabis programs may serve as a replacement for prescription opioids in chronic pain management.

In the clinical trial, 30 men in India with opioid use disorder were randomly chosen to receive 10 supervised 45-minute yoga ...

Most doctors and other health experts agree: Opioids should be a last resort for managing pain. Here are some of the alternatives to opioids that many patients find effective: Transcranial magnetic ...

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, 257 people died from opioid overdoses in 2024 in Pima County. That ...