Although opioids remain indispensable for pain relief in patients with advanced cancer, their use frequently results in OIC, ...

More than 50 million Americans live with chronic pain; among them, approximately 1 in 10 take prescription opioids regularly.

The agency announced it would seek to temporarily ban compounds derived from the herbal stimulant ...

The federal agency says it will temporarily schedule the drug, which has been called “gas station heroin,” as a controlled ...

Chronic pain and cancer pain management require a multimodal approach that addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual ...

In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.

Opioids are a class of drug used for sedation and pain relief. They can cause many side effects, especially if you take high doses for a long period of time. Chronic use of either prescription or ...

Kentucky communities are beginning to put opioid settlement dollars to work.

Buprenorphine is a prescription medication. It’s approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat opioid dependence in adults. Opioid dependence is also called opioid use disorder (OUD), ...

Florence city leaders are investing opioid settlement money into a new school-based prevention initiative aimed at educating ...

The dashboard will show how and where dollars from KY's opioid abatement settlement funds are being spent by local and state ...

There was a substantial increase in recent years in the use of a form of the primary medication to treat opioid use disorder, ...