The new rule comes after a public advisory committee meeting in May that reviewed data showing risks for patients who use opioids over long periods. Those risks include misuse, addiction and overdoses ...

At the urging of another person in the recovery community, Yates said his best friend stopped taking buprenorphine — a ...

The University of Texas at Austin’s Addiction Research Institute, or ARI, recently received a federal grant for research it ...

Opioids are strong pain relievers, but they also very easily can get misused. Dr. Rey Ximenes of Advanced Pain Care and the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requiring major safety labeling changes for all opioid pain medications, warning about addiction, overdose and long-term risks.

It has been several years since the beginning of opioid settlements stemming from the opioid crisis. As mandated by the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking significant steps in the ongoing fight against the Opioid Crisis.

The FDA is requiring safety labeling changes to all opioid painkillers, to better highlight the risks posed by using the ...

The FDA will soon require prescription opioid manufacturers to include stronger language on the medications’ labels warning ...

Members of the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board voted to approve grants for 15 public school districts on Thursday afternoon.

A powerful new synthetic opioid, up to 1000 times stronger than morphine, has emerged in Adelaide’s street drug supply, and ...

Routinely offering and initiating medication-based treatment for those with opioid use disorder has the potential to save ...