Reductions in overall opioid prescribing and high-dose utilization followed the 2016 guidance, building on declines that ...

Marked geographic variation in opioid prescribing persisted, exemplified by Alabama’s historically high rates and subsequent ...

Twenty-four percent of US adolescent treatment centers do not use a “lifesaving” medication. An article appeared today in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Treatments Used Among ...

In the U.S., nearly two million people abuse prescription opioid painkillers. For many, an initial prescription to treat pain leads to a dangerous dependence and misuse that contributes to around ...

The powerful synthetic opiate fentanyl is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. An accidental overdose of fentanyl killed the pop icon Prince, the medical examiner reported. California health ...

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The use of prescription painkillers recreationally is at epidemic levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What is it about the pills that makes them so dangerously ...

A new synthetic opiate has killed dozens of European heroin users. Could Nitazenes, which are up to 300 times more potent ...