The FDA just approved a new type of pain medication, and it's a non-opioid called suzetrigine that stops body pain at its ...
After decades of research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals now has an approved pain medication. Can one of the world’s most powerful ...
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
It's the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in over 20 years, designed to eliminate risks of addiction and ...
More than 5 million Americans struggle with opioid use disorder, a physical addiction entwined with America’s health crisis, homeless crisis and mental health crisis. The most successful, ...
For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug ...
Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...
Rates of opioid use were similar for people with opioid use disorder prescribed buprenorphine who participated in mindfulness ...
Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.
Lofwall and colleagues reported in the Journal of Addiction Medicine that individuals who received higher buprenorphine doses in the first 30 days of treatment had reduced opioid-involved overdose ...
She didn't post the amount of money donated. One of the organizations, Direct Relief, shared a message of gratitude to the superstar shortly after the announcement. "Direct Relief is deeply ...
Here are five things to know: The buprenorphine final rule, published Jan. 15, allows healthcare providers to prescribe the drug, a Schedule III-V medication used in the treatment of opioid use ...