Opioid deaths are finally declining nationwide and in South Carolina, though Charleston remains high. New technology is ...

A proposed multi-state settlement with Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family does not come close to providing the ...

Experts warn that synthetic 7-OH is up to 30 times stronger than morphine, yet remains unregulated in most states.

Spotlight PA answers your questions about Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis — who’s affected, what’s being done, and how you can ...

The first draft of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal has stirred fear among the health and medical community after it ...

The Coquille Tribe held a ribbon cutting Friday for its brand-new opioid treatment center in Eugene, theKo-kwel Wellness Center, which aims to combat overdoses ...

Despite the White House naming overdose prevention among its top drug policy priorities, a recently leaked federal budget proposal suggests it would cut a program that directly expands access to ...

Nearly all of the for-profit company's 1,900 patients are on Medicaid, government-funded health insurance for low-income ...

While well-intentioned, Scott L. Bohn’s op-ed “Equipping first responders for the age of synthetic opioids” (April 28, TribLive) calling for expanded use of high dose and long-lasting opioid overdose ...

Sustained-release naltrexone may slightly increase illicit opioid use and serious adverse events compared to opioid agonists, with uncertain effects on retention and acceptability. It may reduce ...

Hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and many others are all different types of opioids typically prescribed by doctors to treat ...

Although a federal parity law has been on the books since 2008, the regulations in question were issued last September. They represent the latest development in a nearly two-decade push by advocates, ...