Opioids are a class of medications mostly used to treat pain. While they can improve your quality of life, opioids can be highly addictive. Although the words are often used interchangeably, there’s a ...

How does your doctor actually prescribe opioid medication? Why is it hard to get a refill? What are the best solutions to ...

During the opioid crisis in the United States, acute pain management has remained a persistent challenge for both patients and clinicians.

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After many years of increasing opioid and drug overdose deaths, it appears the United States has turned a corner, with the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicating fatal ...

Approximately 88% of adults view opioid overdose deaths as a very serious problem with high agreement across political groups ...

A new study finds that an increasing number of surgeries — and the painkillers that follow — could derail recovery for those who once misused opioids.

Southeast Public Health is warning residents about opioids that were detected in a recent cocaine drug sample. The discovery ...