These include morphine, codeine, oxycodone and hydrocodone ... Rare but serious side effects include rash, itching, yellowing of the skin, swelling of the face and throat, problems speaking, ...

Kroger has finalized its $1.37 billion settlement over its role in the opioid crisis, the company and state attorneys general said Monday. The agreement will settle most of claims made by states ...

But Chief Carl Bowker of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services said the situation is a reminder of the ongoing lack of addictions-care services and the human cost of the opioid crisis locally.

Marshall is a professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. The opioid and overdose crisis is a national tragedy, claiming more than 1 million lives since 1999.

A study published recently in the journal Addiction shows that people with substance-use disorders who take these weight-loss drugs are less likely to experience opioid overdose or alcohol ...

Underdosing of opioid analgesia is a significant problem in emergency medicine. Although many dosing regimens for intravenous morphine have been studied, 0.10 mg/kg generally is recommended as an ...

In the study, published Thursday in the scientific journal Addiction, researchers found people with opioid or alcohol use disorder who take Ozempic or similar medications appear to have a 40% ...

The researchers identified records of people with diagnosed SUDs—specifically opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD)—who also happened to be taking a GLP-1 RA for diabetes or ...

Weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, made by Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, can reduce rates of opioid and alcohol abuse by up to 50%, according to a new study that supports expectations the drugs can ...

Walmart reached a proposed settlement agreement about its distribution of prescribed opioids on Friday according to Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. This settlement includes three ...

And people with opioid use disorder who were taking the medications had a 40% lower rate of opioid overdose. The findings appear this week in the journal Addiction. The impact that these ...

Walmart WMT0.42%increase; green up pointing triangle has reached a proposed settlement agreement in connection with three shareholder lawsuits regarding its distribution of prescription opioids ...