A potent opioid detected in Canberra for the first time in September 2024 carries a high risk of overdose, warn chemists from ...

Researchers evaluated opioid prescribing trends by provider type for emergency department visits at noninstitutional and short-stay hospitals from 2019 to 2021.

America’s shocking toll of drug-related deaths far exceeds Europe’s. It’s no accident.

I read an article a few years back that said if you had vertigo, you more than likely would also have restless legs syndrome ...

The Justice Department says the Kennebunk doctor, who specialized in addiction treatment, prescribed controlled substances, ...

Q: I recently had to have additional surgery after a total knee replacement. Nothing the hospital gave me for pain helped at all. My neighbor told me that after her surgery, she had the same ...

A new study finds that an easily measurable brain wave shift of phase may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under general anesthesia.

If a person has major surgery chances are they were prescribed opioids. Hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and many others are all different types of opioids typically prescribed by doctors to ...

The study, repeatedly delayed by more than a decade and released Monday, revealed a far higher percentage of pain patients addicted to opioids than drugmakers’ sales reps claimed in their marketing ...

In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the drugs include 3.5 million pills of opioids and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrups. He said the codeine syrups were intercepted ...

Opioids can cause cognitive impairments such as sedation and delirium, which, while reversible, may increase the risk of dementia, especially with prolonged or intense use. The research has ...