Tag: opioid abuse

Misuse of prescription pills continues to be a growing public health problem in the U.S. It is estimated that 20 percent of adults, or...

A study published in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy earlier this month sought to address the economic burden of opioid abuse...

Michigan will soon offer easier access to a medication that, for many people struggling with addiction, could be the difference between life and death. The...

Opioid-related fatalities outnumbered gun-related deaths by nearly a margin of 3 to 1, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and...

Health care experts in Canada are calling for a public health emergency, as opioid misuse continues to swell. “The reason that the U.S. and Canada...

The myth that opioid painkillers are an effective treatment for chronic pain has been debunked. A new study published in the journal Current Oncology Reports...

A new vaccine being developed by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute to block the pain-numbing effects of certain opioid drugs has shown promise...

Four in five new heroin users started out misusing prescription painkillers, according to the American Society of Addiction and Medicine (ASAM). “There’s a great deal...

New data shows that there’s no sign of improvement in the Massachusetts opioid epidemic. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) reported earlier this month...

An important but oft-overlooked facet of the Trump campaign involves his plans for dealing with a nationwide drug epidemic that claims roughly 47,000 lives...