Findings from postmarketing studies showed long-term opioid use was associated with serious risks including misuse, addiction, and overdose. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring ...

The drugs are believed to be 10 times stronger than fentanyl ...

The synthetic opioid cychlorphine has been detected in three drug samples in Rhode Island since the start of the year.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has criminalized nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids that can be even stronger than fentanyl, as overdose deaths in the state mount. Nitazenes are temporarily ...

The American Heart Association is offering two online courses for health professionals and lay people on providing care and treatment for opioid overdose victims, reports the Macomb (Michigan) Daily.

As the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grapples with the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the agency is taking steps to proactively identify emerging issues ...

Opioid overdose deaths have dropped to the lowest they have been in three years, new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest, in the wake of a record surge of fatalities ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) are sharing tips for preventing and recognizing opioid overdoses ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day. In recognition ...

SALISBURY — Whether you call it addiction or substance use/abuse or dependence, the increase in abuse of opioid prescriptions and illicit drugs has hit Rowan County harder than many other counties in ...

A study in the CDC’s National Vital Statistics Reports found opioids were among the drugs most often reported in overdose deaths, which increased by 54 percent from 2011-16. 1. For the study, ...