Investors continued to see multiple shades of light red Thursday as biotechs continued to struggle in the wake of the ...

For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD), prescriptions of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and/or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 ...

Treating opioid use disorder significantly lowers the very high rate (eight times the general population) of suicide among people with opioid dependence. A Scottish study led by Glasgow Caledonian ...

With its emphasis on opioid overdose prevention, the first guideline for primary care providers from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on prescribing opioids for acute pain in children and ...

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 ...

noting the percentage change in the number of opioid patients over the study period, changes in the average strength of the daily dose of morphine equivalents (the "morphine equivalent dose" 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.

In addition, some of the excipients used to prepare oral modified-release opioid products, particularly talc, may lead to serious complications if these products are parenterally abused.

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 ...

A study published in the journal Addiction has found that people with opioid or alcohol use disorder (OUD, AUD) who take Ozempic or similar medications to treat diabetic/weight-related conditions ...

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% ...