Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. said more than 20,000 prescriptions have been dispensed for its new non-addictive painkiller, a sign that the drug is gaining some early traction as it attempts to displace ...

Prescriptions to prevent cravings and withdrawal symptoms see growth, but remain a fraction of opioid prescription counts.

A Michigan doctor has been convicted of federal charges relating to the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids.

Despite medical advances and health scares, thousands of U.S. doctors continue to prescribe opioids to treat pain, keeping ...

Agents that target NaV1.8, a voltage-gated sodium channel, are showing promise. The FDA approved one of them, Journavx ...

While youth overdose deaths rates from opioid misuse have seemingly decreased, general awareness of treatment and risk is ...

Edgecombe County paramedics are on high alert about carfentanil, a new highly potent synthetic opioid recently found in local ...

The Trump administration has proposed terminating a $56 million annual grant program that distributes naloxone, also known by ...

Emergency room doctors at three area health systems collected data on patients who had experienced severe withdrawal symptoms ...

The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may ...

Bridges of Iowa wants to use $5 million to create a 32 bed recovery home for people looking for continued support after ...