Promising new research suggests one zen activity could cut the time of opioid withdrawal in half — and it can be done just ...

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 ...

Physical dependence is where your body requires opioids to prevent withdrawal. OUD involves an addiction governed by the brain’s reward center, along with problematic patterns of opioid use. It’s ...

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office has introduced a grant-funded opioid addiction education course, using money received from the opioid class-action settlement.

You're reading Part 4 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

There is a black market for buprenorphin, an approved drug for opioid addiction. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Months in prison didn’t rid Daryl of his addiction to opioids. “Before I left the ...

As drug deaths surged above 112,000 a year in the U.S., driven by the spread of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, addiction experts have pointed to a troubling paradox. Proven medications, including ...

Pregnant people and new mothers who are being treated for opioid addiction often have to fight to keep their children out of the hands of child protective services. But it’s a fight they shouldn’t ...

BRYAN HUBBARD heard the same story so often as a lawyer in Kentucky. It would come from the same type of person (a middle-aged woman from the Appalachian mountains) who had worked hard her whole life ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

A rare opportunity exists for hospital leaders to rethink their role in addressing the opioid crisis. Billions of dollars from opioid litigation settlements are flowing to states, counties, and ...

Ten Iowa entities have been notified they will receive grants of up to $1 million each for opioid addiction prevention and ...