A new scientific review of 148 studies enrolling over 4.3 million adult chronic pain patients treated with prescription opioid painkillers has found that nearly one in ten patients experiences opioid ...

Study finds adults on very-high opioid doses (>150 MME/wk) before abrupt discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) had >2x risk of suicide.

Dominic Cipriano couldn’t stop shaking. A drug dealer on the streets of Kensington had sold him a bag of what he thought was ...

Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the ...

While not without its disadvantages, narcotic replacement therapy has been shown to improve the success rate of those in recovery. Over the last several decades, the use of narcotics, or opioids, has ...

A yearslong legal battle over Purdue Pharma’s role in the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic is approaching a climactic end, as ...

Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone) is a prescription drug that treats opioid use disorder in adults. Suboxone comes as a film that dissolves in your mouth. It’s usually taken once per day. Treatment ...