For years, fentanyl has become an increasingly ominous part of the U.S. drug trade – a powerful and cheap synthetic opioid ...

Kitsap had not reported a quarter-over-quarter decline in overdoses in more than 2 years, according to the health district.

Opioid use is more prevalent among individuals with vs without IBD, although not related to a psychiatric comorbidity.

Opioid antagonists are medications people can take to treat opioid use disorder. They help by reducing withdrawal symptoms, addressing cravings, and managing overdoses. Doctors prescribe opioid ...

Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is ...

There have been about a quarter fewer opioid-related overdose deaths in D.C. in the first half of this year, and new data ...

A new class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes, which could be more potent than fentanyl, is being found around the world, including in the United States. Claire Zagorski, a harm reduction ...

The study, “ Long-Term Outcomes After Spinal Cord Stimulator Placement in Patients with Pre-procedural Active Opioid Use ...

Ozempic may lower the risk of opioid overdose in patients with Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests, the latest research to find a positive connection between the diabetes drug and another ...

But people taking the medication may also be at a lower risk of opioid overdose. Prescriptions for the drug were linked to lower overdose rates among patients with both diabetes and opioid use ...

Today's health news includes new research on Ozempic and drug overdose risk and on using MRIs to diagnose prostate cancer.

The opioid affair in which Israeli drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA; TASE: TEVA) has been embroiled ...