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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

More data, available in a more timely fashion, would help the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) better combat America’s ongoing opioid crisis. This is one finding in a recent audit by the Department of ...

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 ...

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 ...