WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and ...

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The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walgreens accusing the drugstore giant of filling millions of illegitimate ...

The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma, maker of the pain medication blamed for helping fuel the nation’s opioid crisis, has agreed to increase payments to settle long-running litigation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — US regulators approve new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction associated with opioids.

Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.

Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for ...

On the matter of opioids, a rational policy would be to push solutions that provide alternatives for those in pain so they don’t replace one problem with a new dependency on opioids.