The opioid crisis refers to the rapid increase in opioid overuse, misuse, and overdose deaths since the 1990s. It involves both prescription opioids and opioids that people use recreationally. People ...

Study finds widely prescribed opioid painkiller tramadol shows limited effectiveness for chronic pain while increasing risk ...

A pain management doctor and a clinical psychologist specializing in substance about give the facts about what to know about opioids to ensure safe use. Conducted by health technology company DrFirst, ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain that is a non-opioid and carries less risks of addiction than opioids. Journavx works ...

Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children ...

ATLANTA — One of the biggest tools in the fight against the opioid epidemic across the United States is the drug Narcan. Narcan is the brand name for the drug Naloxone, which can temporarily reverse ...

A new study suggests that falling involvement in organized religion among middle-aged white Americans with less education may have contributed to the rise in what are known as “deaths of despair.” ...

This transcript was created by a computer and edited by a volunteer. Dave Miller: From the Gert Boyle Studio at OPB, this is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. Over the last few years, the state of ...

For the first time in 25 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of painkiller. Suzetrigine, sold as Journavx, is administered twice daily in 50-milligram oral tablets to ...

Donald Trump spoke about drug use in an interview with podcast host Theo Von posted late Tuesday, in which the ex-president drew attention for his interest in Von’s own past cocaine use—but he also ...

From 2023 to 2025, Tennessee’s 95 counties received $86.8M in opioid abatement funds. The state has paused public reporting ...