This is an oral tablet that treats opioid-induced constipation, a common side effect of using opioid pain medications. Methylnaltrexone is a peripheral opioid receptor antagonist that protects ...

A number of doctors have voiced their concern over the sixth-most prescribed drug in the country. And in a very darkly ironic ...

Just 44 percent of jails offer incarcerated people with opioid use disorder medications like methadone, buprenorphine or ...

Tramadol is a prescription opioid pain medication used to reduce moderate to severe pain. It can cause sleep-related side ...

Despite two-thirds of incarcerated people having substance use disorder, a new study reveals a lack of therapy options.

Pharmacists now have more guidance for combating the opioid crisis and providing treatment to patients, thanks to new ...

Medication for opioid use disorder can save lives. But fewer than half of jails surveyed across the country provide it, a new ...

Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of ...

Research shows patients taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are more likely to have food left in the stomach or ...

An Ozempic medication box. Some 3,000 participants with Type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder were prescribed semaglutide and another 29,972 were prescribed other diabetic medications between ...

Medication for opioid use disorder can save lives. But fewer than half of jails surveyed across the country provide it, a new study found. A National Institutes of Health study published Tuesday ...