Opioid prescriptions have long been used as a medicine for lower back pain in emergency rooms; however, in the past few years ...

Despite an overall decline in prescribed opioid use in Canada over the past decade, a recent study found that people in ...

President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation that attempts to curb illegal flow of fentanyl into the U.S. by ...

Results show that NSAIDs like ibuprofen are now the prescription painkiller of choice, provided to nearly 29% of low back ...

Despite an overall decline in prescribed opioid use in Canada over the past decade, a recent study found that people in ...

Opioid prescriptions remain high for adolescents and young adults in the US, with certain outpatient and emergency conditions frequently prompting the use of these medications. With a growing ...

HISD students are drinking and smoking less than they were a decade ago. But the use of prescription and illicit medications, ...

While a wave of books and Netflix docudramas has promoted an oversimplified and often misleading storyline, new data from the ...

For starters, they should use Purdue Pharma’s billions to make Narcan universally accessible. State and local governments are ...

The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (“DATA 2000”) lifted an 86-year ban that prevented treating opioid addiction with narcotic medications such as buprenorphine, which today is sold under ...