The Food and Drug Administration approved the test despite an agency committee of experts voting overwhelmingly against ...
How to administer the medication properly is part of the training offered. Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is an FDA-approved ...
Now, millions of dollars from several large legal settlements are beginning to flow into Connecticut to help combat the ...
Ibogaine, the psychedelic, has caused widespread enthusiasm as a potential addiction treatment. But Nora Volkow, a top ...
There are 4,000 correctional facilities in the U.S., of which only a few dozen operate on-site opioid treatment programs. On ...
A U.S. district judge dismissed much of a Justice Department lawsuit against Walmart related to the opioid crisis, leaving an ...
And one of the recommendations was to use part of the funding to make sure that all three medications for opioid use disorder ...
At the beginning of March, the Madison Fire Department implemented a new initiative to begin carrying and administering buprenorphine. Emergency responders can administer buprenorphine to treat opioid ...
Two women were arrested, police said. Two Virginia women were arrested after a toddler was found unresponsive and had to be revived with Narcan, according to law enforcement officials. First ...
(Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images) Using a swab inside the cheek and a sophisticated computer algorithm, a DNA test recently approved by federal regulators promises to assess genetic risk of opioid ...
The FDA says it approved the test because the severity of the opioid crisis “calls for innovative measures” to prevent addiction and save lives. The agency said it worked with SOLVD Health to ...