TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- More emergency room doctors in California are prescribing the anti-addiction medication buprenorphine, contributing to the state’s battle against the U.S.

Publicis Groupe SA agreed Thursday to pay $350 million to settle claims it helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma fuel the opioids epidemic in the United States. Oregon officials declared a 90-day ...

The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at ...

The drug supply is constantly evolving, and some experts suggest that a “fourth wave” of the opioid epidemic is underway, in ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...

The opioid epidemic has claimed thousands of lives across the nation, and the Reno Orthopedic Clinic is taking steps to address the crisis with a new program ai ...

With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight ...

Earlier this month, the Law Court weighed in on a hot-button legal issue—the potential liability of opioid manufacturers for ...

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Standard-Examiner.  The ...

Law enforcement in Mohave County is leaving behind Narcan, along with a brochure on how to use it in a community gripped with opioids. Lisa Espinoza was outraged because her son, 31-year-old Larry ...

The results linking high opioid doses and stimulant use suggest stimulants may be a driving force behind the emergence of the twin epidemic and offer evidence that regulation of stimulant ...