New synthetic opioids (NSOs) are one of the fastest-growing groups of new psychoactive substances around the world ...

In the US, a study showed that around 6% of all patients who underwent surgery became persistent opioid users, even if they had never taken opioids before. So the arrival of a relatively safe and ...

“and lead to decreases in the number of new opioid users, rates of opioid use disorder, and related harms.” The new research, which was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, ...

The 38-page document is undated but includes data up to December suggesting the amount of the opioid hydromorphone dispensed to treat drug users has soared by about 20 times in recent years ...

Drug detection device helps opioid users reduce risks News / Sep 20, 2024 / 09:31 AM CDT Chicago is taking a proactive approach when it comes to harm reduction from fentanyl use.

Dearly beloved, an eagerly-anticipated documentary about Prince has been canceled.Netflix, which had planned to ...

Endo's slide into bankruptcy follows in the footsteps of Purdue Pharma – which filed in 2019 but is still negotiating opioid settlement and corporate restructuring terms – as well as ...

(CNN) — Dearly beloved, an eagerly-anticipated documentary about Prince has been ... The singer died from an accidental overdose of the opioid fentanyl in April 2016. He was 57.

That included an internet and telephone service that connected opioid users to doctors known to be high opioid prescribers, it adds. As a result, there was “false and misleading safety ...