Co-prescribed stimulants, opioids linked to higher opioid doses Study analyzes millions of U.S. prescriptions over 10 years Date: February 21, 2025 Source: Ohio State University Summary: The ...

Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to more serious opioids like heroin and fentanyl, being dispensed at the Alameda Health ...

Most people understand that our country is facing a crisis of opioid addiction and deaths. To combat this, you need proven solutions and resources. Yet, a lot of the money that is supposed to be ...

Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to blunt cravings for other drugs like fentanyl and reduce the risk of overdose.Credit ...

At issue: whether opioid settlement money — paid by health care companies that were sued for fueling the opioid crisis and meant to help states abate addiction — should be funneled to two ...

Palm Beach County has seen a 46% decrease in opioid overdose deaths from 2023 to 2024. Officials attribute the decline to increased availability of naloxone and efforts to combat unscrupulous ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new non-opioid painkiller is being placed on a tier that means it might be costlier than other pain treatments on UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s approved drug lists.

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to $7.4 billion to resolve mass opioid litigation. Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families agreed ...

One Indian pharmaceutical company dey manufacture unlicensed, highly addictive opioids and dey export dem illegally to West Africa wia dem dey drive a major public health crisis for countries ...

It’s the first time in 25 years the agency has given the green light to a new painkiller. Notably, it’s not an opioid and, according to the company, it’s not addictive. Unlike opioids, which act ...

Just behind marijuana, opioids rank second, with around 1.09 million users under 18. This category includes illicit substances like heroin and prescription pain relievers, which are misused by youths.