The settlements that have come out of opioid lawsuits should be going to communities affected most. This isn’t what’s ...

University of Florida scientists have helped identify a novel drug compound that selectively activates pain-altering receptors in the body, offering a potentially safer alternative to conventional ...

A group of researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Burke Neurological Institute has made an exciting breakthrough ...

Bernalillo County commissioners called on Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller to approve a multimillion-dollar plan meant to alleviate the effects of the opioid epidemic after signaling support for their own ...

The heart of the opioid epidemic that killed 665,341 people in the United States between 2005 and 2020 shifted geographically ...

The opioid crisis has claimed the lives of over half a million Americans since the beginning of the epidemic, a process ...

Aging Health. 2011;7(6):813-828. Common opioid side effects reported in the literature include urinary retention, pruritus, nausea and vomiting, CNS effects and respiratory effects. The incidence ...

Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the ...

The government is intensifying efforts to combat the import and export of illicit drugs, the Minister of Health, Kwabena ...