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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Under current law, medications used to treat opioid overdoses in emergency situations — such as naloxone, often delivered as Narcan nasal spray — are only able to be purchased and carried by first ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...