Lebanon County is expected to receive $3.6 million from a second wave of opioid settlement funds, which officials will use ...

The opioid epidemic has claimed thousands of lives across the nation, and the Reno Orthopedic Center is taking steps to address the crisis with a new program ai ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- More emergency room doctors in California are prescribing the anti-addiction medication buprenorphine, contributing to the state’s battle against the U.S.

With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight ...

A settlement with Purdue Pharma hung in the balance at the Supreme Court as victims of the opioid epidemic urged justices to approve a deal with the company's owners. Justices will review a $6 ...

The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Standard-Examiner.  The ...

The opioid settlement, a multibillion-dollar payment from the ... medical providers and communities of people who use drugs ...

As Pennsylvania child welfare offices struggle with staff shortages, some are using opioid funds for support—raising ...

Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to blunt ...

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