Learn about opioid use disorder, the importance of recovery, and how the brain changes when using opioids. Understand the ...

The female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone may help relieve pain, an animal study finds. The new research, conducted in lab mice, found that the two hormones work together to direct immune ...

An experimental drug developed by researchers at Duke University could be a key component in solving the nation’s opioid epidemic. Known as “SBI-810,” the drug avoids the “high” that is tied to ...

Naloxone (also known as Narcan, the commonly used drug to treat narcotic overdoses) has greater binding to opioid receptors in women's brains than in men's brains, according to new research published ...

Tylenol and NSAIDs both help with pain perception and fever, but the medications do have one key difference. Distinctly, ...

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. The ...