Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the ...

Opioid prescription decreased among nursing homes between 2011 and 2022, reflecting national patterns in primary care while ...

About 50 percent of Americans used a prescription medication in the past 30 days—from short-term antibiotics to emergency ...

Opioids, such as oxycodone, morphine, codeine, tramadol and fentanyl, are commonly prescribed to manage pain. You might be ...

Opioid deprescribing is advised when risks of opioid use outweigh benefits. A tailored, patient-centered plan with gradual dose reduction, monitoring, and support can improve outcomes and reduce harm.

An NIH-funded study found deep learning tools could forecast next-day relapse risk with high accuracy, giving clinicians time ...

In an effort to stem the death toll from opioid overdose, United States public health officials have promoted the ...

Local governments have received hundreds of millions of dollars from the opioid settlements to support addiction treatment, ...

Once the Affordable Care Act was fully implemented in 2014, people who struggled with misusing opioids were 50 percent more likely to get treatment and twice as likely to have that treatment paid for ...

UC researchers publish findings on lung cancer care, with focus on preoperative smoking cessation and postoperative opioid use reduction.

Luzerne County Council is set to vote Monday on three proposed opioid settlement fund earmarks totaling $700,760.

As part of its budget, more than $131 million from the state’s Opioid Healing and Recovery Fund will go toward preventing and ...