In the eight states that expanded Medicaid after 2018, the number of people receiving prescriptions for the opioid addiction ...

Only about 1 in 3 pharmacies across the country are able to fill prescriptions for a critical treatment option for opioid addiction, according to a new study from the University of Southern California ...

More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research into a class of opioids that were ...

An experimental opioid alternative called DFNZ achieved effective pain relief in mice without addiction risk or breathing ...

Last week, researchers dropped a bombshell report on DFNZ, a developing new medicine derived from a class of drugs once ...

A new vaccine being tested could offer another solution to help opioid users with an addiction. “All my life, I've been working on drugs of abuse like substance abuse disorder, etcetera,” Marco ...

Can a better environment stop opioid relapse? Environmental enrichment lowers stress hormones and reduces fentanyl seeking in ...

Projects addressing opioid addiction can receive up to one million through the program, which uses opioid settlement money ...

Scientists have developed a new gene therapy that quiets pain at its source in the brain—without the addictive risks of opioids. Using AI to map how pain is processed, they created a targeted “off ...

Tyler Skaggs was an opioid addict for at least six years prior to the Los Angeles Angels pitcher’s 2019 death, an addiction expert testified on Wednesday, Dec. 10 in the ongoing wrongful death trial ...

In the Rapid City area, West River Mental Health received a $186k grant to add a position that will help mothers with a ...

A new synthetic opioid spreading across the Southeast may be stronger than fentanyl and harder to detect, experts warn.