At a roundtable discussion on Thursday, Gov. Josh Shapiro said every life saved is a reminder that a smart, compassionate, multidisciplinary response to the opioid crisis works.

Two studies led by an opioid treatment program run by the University at Buffalo and UBMD Emergency Medicine have found that ...

Orphan Drug Designation applies to approximately 50,000 Patients who predominantly suffer from severe chronic pain due to ...

Anyone 13 or older with substance use disorder can call to speak to a doctor and receive a prescription the same day for ...

Pot is quickly becoming America's drug of choice, on track to replace alcohol, but its harms are becoming clear as well.

Medications have become our go-to treatments for opioid addiction. Though life-saving, their downsides are underappreciated ...

New peer-reviewed research adds to substantial body of scientific evidence highlighting the safety of natural kratom leaf ...

A young man approached a card table set up under the Green Line tracks on the city’s West Side and asked the woman behind it if she had any clean needles or naloxone, a medication that can reverse the ...

A promising drug combination could help people with leukemia who don't respond to traditional treatments, according to new research. A team at Oregon Health and Science University made the discovery ...

Dec 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AstraZeneca (AZN.L), opens new tab and partner Daiichi Sankyo's (4568.T), opens new tab Enhertu in combination with Roche's (ROG.S ...

In 2015, when the Norwegian Minister of Health ordered the country’s four regional health authorities to set aside beds for “medication-free treatment,” an initiative that user groups in Norway had ...

Last April, neuroscientist Sue Grigson received an e-mail from a man detailing his years-long struggle to kick addiction — first to opioids, and then to the very medication meant to help him quit. The ...