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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Health officials in Riverside County have confirmed the county’s first death linked to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid ...

Carfentanil is a fentanyl derivative that is 100 times stronger than fentanyl and 10,000 times more potent than morphine, ...

Baltimore leaders discussed strategies for tackling the city's opioid crisis with residents in the same community where 27 ...

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

President Trump signed the HALT Fentanyl Act to categorize fentanyl analogues as Schedule 1 drugs, aiming to close ...

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

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 ...