As a chronic pain patient, I have experienced the anguish and degradation of being denied pain medication firsthand,” a STAT reader writes.

According to the latest CDC Monthly Provisional Drug Overdose Counts report, the U.S. continues to lead the world in overdose fatalities, with more than 100,000 deaths recorded in 2023.

Among the FDA’s pending decisions for this quarter are Vertex’s non-opioid pain drug and Sanofi’s RNA interference therapy ...

A smartphone app can help patients with opioid use disorder reduce their days of opioid use and stay in treatment long-er, according to new research.

Legislation would fund psilocybin research and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans dealing with PTSD and other maladies.

Opioid misuse and specifically opioid use disorder (OUD), continues to represent a significant U.S. public health threat, with more than 6 million Americans aged 12 and older meeting the criteria for ...

Trend tracking and harm reduction policies may help alleviate the high rate of overdose deaths in the US, according to one ...

While ketamine is celebrated as a breakthrough depression treatment, new research highlights a significant rise in its ...

The Waterloo Board of Education approved several policies addressing voter registration, therapy animals, opioid overdose response, and support for married or pregnant students during its December ...

Our senior population requires a robust, compassionate healthcare system that truly protects their well-being.

It was hypothesized that patients who have inherited polymorphisms in CYP2D6 that make them poor or intermediate metabolizers of opioid medications would have higher steady-state concentrations of ...