Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling in the tissue around oral cancers both increases nerve sensitivity and makes opioids less effective. The findings point to a shared mechanism ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Opioid medication has a significant stigma with a risk for dependency and abuse, but certain ...

Rates of opioid use during pregnancy in the United States have more than doubled over the past decade. Using hospital data from California covering more than 5.5 million pregnancies, researchers found ...

Opioid abuse during pregnancy is on the rise, new research suggests—and that’s likely to endanger both expectant mothers and their children. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) ...

HCA Healthcare's "Crush the Crisis" program began as a grassroots effort to combat the opioid crisis. The program provides a safe way for people to dispose of unused prescription medications. In 2023, ...

From 2023 to 2025, Tennessee’s 95 counties received $86.8M in opioid abatement funds. The state has paused public reporting on how the funds are being spent as it works on a new tracking system. Drug ...

Use of medications for newly-diagnosed opioid use disorder (OUD) increased from 2016 to 2019 but remained low, a new cohort study showed. Additionally, methadone and buprenorphine were potentially ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - A Florida judge on Monday declared a mistrial in a lawsuit that accused Walmart, CVS and Walgreens of flooding the state with opioids and raising costs for local hospitals. The trial ...

While prescribing peaked more than a decade ago, in 2012, a legacy effect is still underway, with widespread misuse of synthetic opioids (chiefly fentanyl) replacing their prescribed counterparts as ...

Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, under a new deal that was formally approved by ...