This is the second installment of two-part series by the Messenger-Inquirer examining the use of opioid-based drugs in addiction treatment. Today’s installment explores the personal ...

A large-scale analysis of 569,581 TikTok comments found that opioid-related discussions may help track and forecast synthetic ...

Older adults with multiple rib fractures who use transdermal buprenorphine need less opioid medication for pain management after patch application than those who do not use it.

Pokagon Band Health Services and the CASS Coalition are teaming up for a gathering of medical professionals next month to ...

Tensor-based morphometry (TBM) analysis of T1-weighted MRI scans shows a comparison of brain volumes in participants with opioid use disorder (OUD) and healthy control participants. Widespread volume ...

May 1 marks the first payment of billions to try to address ongoing harms from the overdose crisis.

A group of doctors is urging federal lawmakers to help improve access to substance use medications in severe weather ...

There is merit in looking at the use of wearable biosensors to detect whether opioid users stay focused on their rehabilitation programs. This follows a preliminary study in Springer's Journal of ...

The opioid epidemic has claimed thousands of lives in Illinois since it started in the late 1990s. Finally, there's some good ...

PHOENIX, Arizona — More than 50% of veterans who receive opioids go on to use the pain medications chronically, according to a new study of data on nearly 1 million veterans who receive opioids. This ...

Use of opioids before a total knee replacement can help predict increased opioid refills after the procedure, according to study results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2017 ...

A phase 2 trial of Indivior Pharmaceuticals’ opioid use disorder (OUD) candidate has missed its primary endpoint. Indivior ...