Researchers at University of the Pacific in Stockton have developed a long-acting opioid overdose-reversal drug-delivery system that could save lives.

The amount of women who were diagnosed with a substance use disorder in Ohio when they delivered their babies has increased over the years, but are the resources in our communities available to help ...

New Monash University research has revealed a concerning rise in new opioid prescriptions among younger Victorians, while ...

More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...

Antidotes are critical in toxicology, offering therapeutic solutions to poisoning by neutralizing toxins and enhancing the ...

Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose ...

The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and represent the first new class of pain medications in 20 years—and the first non ...

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

Public health experts have concerns about the opioid reversal agent Opvee. But the company that makes it, Indivior, has found ...

This new nonaddictive alternative is the first of its kind that interrupts the pain signal before it reaches the brain.

Patients seeking an opioid-free way to handle pain experienced in the short-term will soon have a new option.

Suzetrigine prevents pain signals from reaching the brain and doesn't give an opioid-like high, making it non-addictive—but ...