In Australia, more than 40,000 people are imprisoned every day. More than half of these people experience drug addiction, ...

With the goal of informing clinician practice, a new study explores the harms and benefits of continuing and of discontinuing the long-term prescription of opioid medicines to adults with chronic pain ...

Widespread access to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) can reduce the risk of suicide by 35% among people with opioid use ...

The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed opioid medications is associated with a pattern of escalating opioid intake, ...

Glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) like Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and Eli Lilly’s ...

Older adults are not immune from the opioid crisis, but senior living can provide safeguards through medication management to help control chronic conditions and effectively mitigate pain, Argentum ...

President John Dramani Mahama has vowed to ensure accountability for individuals and companies involved in the importation of ...

She urged state regulators to enforce strict measures, ensuring that medications are sold exclusively with prescriptions to prevent ... had exported unapproved combinations of these drugs to West ...

The bill also says this does not include programs or practitioners that issue prescriptions for partial opioid agonist ...

Most people understand that our country is facing a crisis of opioid addiction and deaths. To combat this, you need proven solutions and resources. Yet, a lot of the money that is supposed to be ...