Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The combination of prescribed stimulants and opioids is linked to increased opioid doses, potentially contributing to a "twin epidemic" of drug use. Analysis of ...

Could sex hormones explain the difference in opioid use and misuse between genders? Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and according to the ...

Feb. 25, 2025 – Planning surgery? Talking to your doctor about pain management beforehand could keep you off the path to long-term opioid use, a risk factor for addiction. If the operation is ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Journavx, the first opioid-free prescription drug for moderate to severe acute pain in more than 20 years.

PEOPLE RAVAGED BY THE OVERDOSE CRISIS. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, MORE THAN 4000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM OPIOID RELATED OVERDOSES IN MASSACHUSETTS. AND DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, OUR CITIES AND TOWNS ...

Feb. 25, 2025 – The FDA has approved a new treatment plan for a long-acting injection, making it easier for people with moderate to severe opioid use disorder (OUD) to start and keep up with ...

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.

The changes aim to shorten the time to achieve treatment effects in patients with opioid use disorder. The FDA has approved label changes for once-monthly Sublocade, helping to reduce possible ...

An Indian pharmaceutical company is manufacturing unlicensed, highly addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa where they are driving a major public health crisis in countries ...

“This is very harmful for their health — but nowadays, this is business.” India’s Opioid Kings, a new documentary from the BBC World Service’s award-winning BBC Eye Investigations ...

Indian authorities have banned two highly-addictive opioids in response to a BBC investigation which found they were fuelling a public health crisis in parts of West Africa. In a letter seen by ...