When the team then blocked this opioid pathway, the mice stayed away from the sugar. The researchers found the same neural mechanism in humans when studying donated brain tissue and scanning the ...

Methadone is an effective treatment but too often state rules and health-care providers’ practices create barriers to successful outcomes. More sensible approaches are needed.

Firearms, ballistic vests, breathalyzers, police vehicles, wages for law enforcement officers — these are some of the ways ...

Nearly $20 million has been awarded to Kentucky organizations to combat the opioid and drug epidemic. Earlier this week, the ...

A researcher posed as a case manager and called treatment providers across the city to figure out how easy it is to get ...

Opioid use disorder is associated with more than 350,000 deaths annually worldwide. Guided by the need for an increased ...

The FDA approves a new non-opioid pain pill, Journavx, to treat acute pain in adults. It's a first-generation non-addictive ...

FDA approval of a novel non-opioid analgesic will hopefully address the needs of many patients with acute pain and improve ...

For six months now, Ali has been running ‘Pathway to Recovery,’ a substance-use disorder clinic in Minneapolis’ ...

According to the latest figures, deaths involving synthetic opioids, like fentanyl analogs, also decreased by 9.5% in 2023, deaths involving heroin dropped by 21.2%, and natural and semisynthetic ...