A Family Overdose Support Fund, potentially the first of its kind nationwide, will offer families impacted by the overdose crisis financial aid to pay for things like funerals and mental health ...

The FDA's sign-off on the medication comes as the agency says it is prioritizing supporting the development of non-opioid pain treatment. Suzetrigine is the first non-opioid analgesic – or ...

British Columbia's attorney general says the B.C. Supreme Court has certified the province's class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Niki Sharma says B.C. can now ...

Tris Pharma has pointed to a phase 3 win for its pain relief drug as demonstrating the candidate’s potential to help resolve the opioid crisis. The company tested cebranopadol, a dual nociceptin ...

“These practices allowed millions of opioid pills and other controlled substances to flow illegally out of Walgreens stores,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian ...

Attempting to reduce fatal opioid overdoses and encourage more people to seek treatment, fire department paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering the medication buprenorphine in the ...

Yet away from the live television cameras and microphones, Oake would often find himself juggling work calls with those coming either from, or about, his first-born son, Bruce — whose struggles with ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) hit drugstore chain Walgreens with a lawsuit this week for filling “unlawful” opioid prescriptions that had no “legitimate” medical purpose for over a decade.

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday accused pharmacy chain operator Walgreens Boots Alliance of contributing to the U.S. opioid epidemic by filling millions of unlawful prescriptions for ...