Treatment for opioid addiction with medications is considered the first step in recovery from this life-threatening illness.

Kate Richards, program manager for the Caring Recovery Opioid Treatment Program at Eskenazi Health, discussed the importance of reframing opioid addiction as an opioid use disorder to acknowledge it ...

On Monday, River Valley Family Health Centers (RVFHC) announced the expansion of its Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD ...

The opioid crisis continues to devastate the United States. In 2021, more than 107,000 people died from drug overdoses. The annual economic cost exceeds one trillion. What makes some people addicted ...

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 ...

A local behavioral health agency is on the front lines fighting to end the opioid crisis, with counselors working to save one ...

Suzetrigine prevents pain signals from reaching the brain and doesn't give an opioid-like high, making it non-addictive—but it's expensive. reading time 2 minutes To treat acute pain, doctors in the U ...

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

The Charleston County School District received a half-million-dollar grant to go towards opioid awareness in schools.