A new UGA study suggests opioid use may weaken the immune system by altering gut bacteria, leaving patients more vulnerable ...

New research from the University of Georgia suggests that opioid use could make patients more vulnerable to infections.

Approximately 43% of patients aged 65 years or older with rheumatic disease filled at least one opioid prescription in 2021, ...

Dr. Leana Wen: Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses the effect of an opioid overdose. It is an antagonist to opioids, meaning that it attaches to the opioid receptors in the brain, and in ...

Opioid dose and frequency were not associated with severity of noncancer pain in individuals receiving opioids.

Fentanyl pills found by officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration are seen in this handout picture in New York on Oct. 4. (Drug Enforcement Administration/Handout via Reuters) Researchers have ...

In Canada, thousands of people use contaminated street opioids. To reduce overdoses, the country has been experimenting for ...

Adolescents and young adults who fill an opioid prescription for wisdom teeth extractions are more than twice as likely to continue filling opioid prescriptions weeks or months later, according to new ...

It is an antagonist to opioids, meaning that it attaches to the opioid receptors in the brain, and in doing so, reverses and blocks the effects of opioids. Someone who has taken too large of a ...

Medicare Part D claims significantly underreport opioid dispensing for patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities after hospitalizations, according to a September research letter published in the ...

A legal opioid readily available across America has sparked public warnings and increased state oversight, yet the drug is ...