Drugmaker Cephalon had the FDA's approval to market these drugs, old under brand names like Actiq, as a sweetened lozenge on ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Recently, the Federal Drug Administration announced the approval of nalmefene auto-injector for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose, another tool for combatting ...

Suboxone contains an opioid called buprenorphine. But it acts differently than opioid pain medications do, Frenz said. In ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lofexidine Tablets ... to play a role in many of the symptoms of opioid withdrawal. The approval of lofexidine was supported by data from ...

Mandated by a new state law, public schools now offer training for students in secondary education to teach them how to ...

They are part of a coalition of 18 organizations and individuals asking the administration to update the state directive to allow access to all FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents.

About 150 city residents sat through the tedious jury selection process, which probed their feelings on opioids, illegal ...

brings a new tool to the fight against the opioid overdose epidemic but is not without controversy. As reported earlier this month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Purdue Pharma ...

Gainesville law enforcement and medical professionals are warning the community of a new and deadlier synthetic opioid drug ...

As increasing numbers of people nationwide have overdosed on fentanyl, the issue of the “fentanyl crisis” has garnered mass ...

Medication-assisted treatment is the gold standard approach for opioid addiction, and can cut the risk of future overdose in ...

The 2024 State Scorecard on Women's Health and Reproductive Care was conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonpartisan foundation that promotes a high-performing health care system. (Barbor, 9/16) CBS ...