Roots, Recovery, and Redemption Amid the Opioid Crisis," author and Kentucky native Mandi Fugate Sheffel describes her ...

Though rarely considered during treatment for opioid use disorder, uncontrolled pain is strongly linked to less success in treatment outcomes, a lower quality of life, and mental health issues, a new ...

If a person has major surgery chances are they were prescribed opioids. Hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and many others are all different types of opioids typically prescribed by doctors to treat ...

On a Saturday evening in June, people of this rural region gathered at the historic Lee Theatre to celebrate the founding of ...

A New Medication Could Relieve Pain Without Addiction Risk. Red Tape is Getting in the Way There is a deep irony in the pain of losing someone you love to ...

A rare opportunity exists for hospital leaders to rethink their role in addressing the opioid crisis. Billions of dollars from opioid ...

About 42% of the inmates got medication to help treat their opioid addiction, researchers said. Results showed that those who ...

Only about 1 in 3 pharmacies across the country are able to fill prescriptions for a critical treatment option for opioid addiction, according to a new study from the University of Southern California ...

Arkansas continues to grapple with the effects of the opioid epidemic with new data showing an upward trend in the number of people diagnosed with opioid use di ...

Older adults living with HIV face higher rates of opioid prescribing and opioid use disorder than their HIV-negative peers, according to new research from Rutgers University.

We need to increase funding and access to effective opioid prevention, treatment and recovery initiatives in New York.