According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 217 people died each day from opioid overdoses in the United ...

Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ deadly hostility to addiction medications, subpar treatment offered in jails and prisons, shifts in the illicit drug supply and consumption behavior, ...

Most people use prescription opioids for only a short period of time. According to a new study published in PAIN, The Journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, fewer than two ...

Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep ...

The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma is using opioid settlement funds to build a culturally competent healthcare system.

"God brought me out of the smoke, out of the situation that I was in, so that I can help others," said Chekesha Kay Ellis ...

Imagine if during a deadly public health crisis, 80% of Americans weren't able to get safe, effective medications proven to help people recover. A study published Monday in the JAMA found that's ...

A recent study explodes the myth that the risk of addiction to prescription opioids exists only among patients abusing their opioids. Until recently, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) ...

For Lacy Sisk, 40, the lowest moment in her opioid addiction was watching her family pack their belongings because she could no longer afford to pay the rent. All of her money had gone to pain pills ...

Suzetrigine prevents pain signals from reaching the brain and doesn't give an opioid-like high, making it non-addictive—but it's expensive. Reading time 2 minutes To treat acute pain, doctors in the U ...

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Mercy Hospital Lebanon is piloting a program that gives opioid use disorder patients medication and a guaranteed virtual ...