Charles Bailey swore he didn’t know the pills were fentanyl. Inside two stainless steel Thermoses tucked into the duffle bag ...

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe ...

“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 ...

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 ...

"Tens of millions of people have operations in the U.S. every year, and most of them go home with a prescription for an opioid painkiller. Although they are meant for short-term use during ...

Naloxone can reverse potentially fatal overdoses, but it’s less effective against powerful fentanyl. To develop alternatives, ...

Prescription opioid use could have a negative effect on cognitive function in older adults, according to a recent Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The ...

is the capital of the Cherokee Nation. Data released as part of opioid lawsuits show Native American towns like Tahlequah were swamped with prescription opioids starting in the late 1990s.

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 ...

After exclusions were applied, 85,852 mothers filled an opioid prescription within seven days of discharge and 538,815 did not. Each mother who filled an opioid prescription within seven days of ...

FRIDAY, March 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Maternal opioid prescription after delivery seems not to be associated with adverse infant outcomes, including admission to the hospital or death ...