A smartphone app appears to help people battle opioid use disorder (OUD).People with OUD had 35% fewer days of opioid ...

The FDA will decide later this month whether to approve a novel drug for acute pain that could offer a nonaddictive ...

Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl ...

NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) – Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly ...

Athos Chemicals and Raxuter Chemicals, both based in Gujarat, were each charged in Brooklyn with distributing the ingredients ...

It does so by attaching to the opioid receptors in the brain, and reversing or blocking the effects of the drug. It has traditionally been used in the form of pre-packaged syringes for injection ...

An opioid (sometimes called an opiate or narcotic) is a type of painkiller made from a synthetic form of opium, which is derived from poppies. Hyperalgesia is amplified pain; processes in the nervous ...

Opioid addiction doesn’t just take a toll on the body—it reshapes the brain itself. A new study reveals that opioid use ...

It does so by attaching to the opioid receptors in the brain, and reversing or blocking the effects of the drug. It has traditionally been used in the form of pre-packaged syringes for injection ...

and synthetic opioids like hydrocodone, oxycodone, and methadone. Both types have similar effects. Certain illegal drugs, such as heroin, are also opioids. Methadone is an opioid that is often ...

Telling doctors the opioid was covered by Medicare was only one part of the equation ... and hospital stays. UnitedHealth ...