A novel Vertex Pharmaceuticals drug that takes a new approach to pain is now approved by the FDA, a landmark decision for a first-in-class product that brings patients a treatment alternative intended ...

A new wave of synthetic opioids is alarming doctors and public health officials across the country as emergency rooms report ...

While the dangers of fentanyl have been dominating headlines for years, the death toll from another class of extremely potent synthetic opioids called "nitazenes" has been climbing steadily. For ...

The opioid epidemic has affected hospitals, both clinically and financially, for almost 30 years. More than1,000 acute care hospitals will receive a share of $700 million as part of the settlement of ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has greenlit a new type of pain medication for the first time in more than 20 years.

Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound appear to help people battle alcoholism and opioid addiction, a new study finds. People taking this class of drugs, called ...

Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows there has been a drastic increase in opioid prescriptions, while prescriptions for ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon public health officials are mapping out plans for spending $41 million in opioid settlement funding that will go toward preventing addiction, expanding treatment ...