The community-based opioid treatment program Honor's HEROES at UTHealth Houston may significantly improve treatment retention ...

St. Bernards Medical Center announced its participation in Goldfinch Health’s “Billion Pill Pledge” on Friday, becoming the ...

Dr. Webster's upcoming book, "Deconstructing Toxic Narratives," examines opioid crisis narratives, aiming to broaden ...

University of Rhode Island Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Jeffrey Bratberg partnered with Brandeis University and Boston ...

When combined with counseling and behavioral therapies, opioid use disorder medications are part of a comprehensive plan that supports long-term recovery. Opioid use disorder (OUD) occurs when ...

A soon-to-be-formed working group of town officials and department leaders will lead the local fight on opioid use and ...

Pregnant people and new mothers who are being treated for opioid addiction often have to fight to keep their children out of the hands of child protective services. But it’s a fight they shouldn’t ...

Minimally invasive spine surgery was associated with reduced opioid consumption, with endoscopic procedures having the lowest ...

Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more ...

A new meta-analysis of 148 studies estimates that 9.3 percent of patients who receive opioid prescriptions for chronic pain experience "dependence" or "opioid use disorder" (D&OUD). The authors, Kyla ...

This week's Trivia Tuesday question revisits a device designed to prevent opioid overdoses. Why did readers respond so ...

Wilkes-Barre officials want to use a distribution of opioid lawsuit settlement funds for drug education and awareness and some opioid-related safety equipment for the fire department.