Clinicians and policymakers need a more accurate estimate of the prevalence of problematic opioid use, authors say.

In the event of an opioid emergency, the right medicine could be the difference between life and death when every second ...

Naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote, will be more accessible to Mesa County residents thanks to a recently launched network ...

Vinnidhy Dave, D.O., hospice specialist and director of palliative medicine at Englewood Health Physician Network, and Lauren Savage, director of population health at Englewood Hospital, discuss what ...

Recognizing signs of overdose, learning about opioids, and destigmatizing addiction are all components of the planned curriculum. As of June 2024, new data reported by Mass.gov indicated 72 ...

Overdose deaths in Whatcom County soared from 91 in 2022 to 137 in 2023, fueled by cheap and easily available drugs — ...

What are physical signs of addiction? Created with Sketch ... The recent rise in opioid deaths, for example, is attributable to a shift from prescription painkillers to the cheaper and often ...

“Our hope with the Friends for Life campaign is to give the public the resources they need to know the signs of an opioid ...

Although, preclinical data suggest that the behavioral expression of opioid use is similar between male and female rodents, we do not have conclusive results on sex differences on craving and relapse ...

Temporary relief has washed over users of Toronto's original supervised consumption site after learning the place will not close when the building's lease expires in the spring, though its long-term ...

Xylazine is not FDA-approved for use in humans due to severe central nervous system (CNS) depressant effects. “While we are making progress addressing the opioid and overdose epidemic across New ...