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Senate confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. shed light for the first time on his attitudes toward medication-assisted treatment for ...

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These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...

In 2023, more than 84,000 people in the U.S. died from overdosing on opioids—everything from prescription painkillers to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Thursday a new type of prescription pain medication for moderate to ...

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with NaphCare, Inc., has announced the expansion of its ...

NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...

It was given to people who had acute surgical pain from either abdominoplasty, also known as a tummy tuck, or bunion surgery.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new pain medication that ... risks associated with using an opioid for pain and provides patients with another treatment option.

The FDA's sign-off on the medication comes as the agency says it is prioritizing supporting the development of non-opioid pain treatment. Suzetrigine is the first non-opioid analgesic – or ...