Prosecutors said the prescribing contributed to former patients' opioid overdose deaths, but both men were acquitted of the ...

He was a college-educated opioid dealer who ... more than 90,000 highly addictive prescription pain pills on the streets — a crime similar to what he was convicted of almost a decade earlier.

More than 30 million Americans—roughly 12 percent of the U.S. population—rely on prescription opioids. A new Western ...

A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the death of a 19-year-old who bought what appeared to be prescription oxycodone pills that actually contained fentanyl. A huge opioid settlement ...

Prescription opioid pills helped get many addicted to ... others went to prison after patients died from overdoses. Others were convicted of writing prescriptions without a legitimate medical ...

The rising use of fentanyl is blamed for the increasing number of drug overdose deaths among Latinos. In Texas, legislators are considering a bill to train teachers to deal with overdoses.

“We had a massive opioid problem that needed to be rectified,” said Antonio Ciaccia, president of 3 Axis Advisors, a consulting firm that analyzes prescription drug pricing. “But the federal ...

Sienna Vaughn, a 16-year-old high school junior in Texas, died after taking a pill she got from a friend that she thought was ...

Deaths from all opioid-related overdoses, including prescription, synthetic opioids and heroin, substantially increased from fewer than 400 in 2019 to more than 600 in 2021, annual data from the ...

The opioid induced constipation drugs market is segmented by product type, application, and region. By product type, the market is segmented into Lubiprostonem, Methyl Naltrexone Bromide, Naldemedine, ...