Health insurance loss, changes "may undermine continuity of critical treatment," researche ...

A Virginia Tech research team is working to develop a vaccine that could help stop opioid addiction.

Pregnant people and new mothers who are being treated for opioid addiction often have to fight to keep their children out of the hands of child protective services. But it’s a fight they shouldn’t ...

Multiple states have raised the alarm in the past month about cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid tied to several dozen recent overdoses that is far stronger than fentanyl. Cychlorphine is part of a new ...

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 ...

An op-ed from California's governor: The Trump administration has abandoned American families just as the country was making headway in our fight against the overdose epidemic.

Suboxone is now the standard of care in the U.S. for treating opioid addiction, but its downsides are often overlooked. RFK ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri DOC of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.

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 treat ...

The number of New Yorkers prescribed a key medication for opioid use disorder increased 7% during the pandemic as health providers battled against skyrocketing drug overdose deaths, a state report ...

Austin Shepard discusses his recent detox, medical emergency and recovery journey after revealing that he relapsed while filming a project connected to Love Island USA.

The device, which is cleared by the FDA for withdrawal mitigation from opioid use disorder, works by abating severe symptoms such as stomach aches, back aches, sweats, and the inability to keep food ...