A new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found that a treatment approach designed to help people addicted to fentanyl, using low doses of buprenorphine, is not working as expected. The ...

Sean Hanchett died in custody in December 2022, and did not receive adequate medical attention, the suit alleged.

The program's expansion is being funded by money Orange County received through national legal settlements with opioid ...

Opioid-related neurocognitive symptoms among patients on long-term opioid therapy were most prevalent during the course of therapy.

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

Kratom is known for its stimulant and opioid-like effects and is derived from the leaves of a tree in the coffee family, the Southeast Asian tree Mitragyna speciosa. This differs from another natural ...

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 ...

A Columbus woman was arrested earlier this month after her 3-year-old child was taken to a hospital after a reported opioid overdose. According to a news release from the ...

Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.

Eighty-three people died from suspected overdoses in Whatcom County in 2024, down from 137 deaths in 2023. In November, only ...

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