Narcotics Anonymous and Salvation Army are often hostile to use of the addiction medications buprenorphine and methadone.

There is a tendency to overlook the multiple factors and stakeholders that contributed to the Rx opioid crisis. This includes ...

Many types of medications, including over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs, can help relieve joint pain due to ...

Building more beds for women in recovery and increasing access to the overdose-reversing drug naloxone were among the Atlanta ...

One of the nation's largest grocery chains is the latest company to agree to settle lawsuits over the U.S. opioid crisis.

Opioid use and overdose awareness nonprofit Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse (MAPDA) identified a need to inform the ...

The No Pain Act will mandate Medicare insurance coverage for non-opioid pain management, including evidence-based treatments, ...

They were surprised to see the rates of new opioid use approaching the levels of these more common prescription medications. The next steps in this research is to analyze data that spans five to ...

More specifically, the rise in the use of prescription opioids in the US and, increasingly, in Europe is also a major contributor to the issue. The opioid epidemic in the US has been unfolding ...

Nearly 12 tons of unwanted or expired prescription drugs were collected last weekend as part of Arkansas Drug Take Back Day, ...

These medications have been associated with a 40 percent reduction in opioid overdose and 50 percent lower rate of alcohol intoxication.