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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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% ...

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 ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced on Monday that the Natural State, along with 29 other states, have reached an opioid settlement with Kroger. According to AG ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart said Friday it has reached a proposed settlement pact related to three lawsuits filed by shareholders on behalf of the company over the handling of prescription opioids.

Fritz died last month at 60 years old, and now Wolfe, 60, is reflecting on their decadeslong friendship and Fritz’s private battle with opioid addiction. “Here’s the deal,” Wolfe told ...

A 2022 analysis by the congressional Joint Economic Committee estimated that the opioid crisis cost the U.S. nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020, opens new tab. Overdoses from synthetic opioids killed ...

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 ...