Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have shed light on which populations are more likely to be ...

A new experimental painkiller has shown promise in dulling or eliminating pain without the addictive qualities exhibited by ...

Researchers evaluated opioid prescribing trends by provider type for emergency department visits at noninstitutional and short-stay hospitals from 2019 to 2021.

The number of Americans using illicit opioids, including fentanyl, is 20 times higher than previously estimated, according to ...

Long Island, once at the forefront of the opioid epidemic, has seen its overdose numbers consistently decline in recent years ...

An experimental drug developed at Duke University School of Medicine could offer powerful pain relief without the dangerous ...

New Orleans biotech South Rampart Pharma advances non-opioid pain drug with $8M funding from Ochsner Ventures and Gulf South ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says predicted drug overdose deaths nationwide were down 27% last year ...

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. plunged last year to their lowest level since 2019, according to the CDC. In 2024, ...

A study shows a non-opioid pain reliever blocks pain at its source -- calming specific nerve signals that send pain messages to the brain. In mice, the compound SBI-810 eased pain from surgery, bone ...