Carfentanil, a relative of fentanyl, can legitimately be used to sedate large animals like elephants, but nationwide it’s ...

The global opioid analgesics market is estimated to secure a valuation of USD 72.0 billion with a CAGR of 5.3% by 2033. The ...

Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now.

The team used statistical techniques to quantify the contribution of seven predictors: opioid prescription rates, income mobility, family structure, educational attainment, school class size, ...

The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is hoping a newly approved non-opioid pain medication could help save lives. Dr. Jianguo Cheng, from the Cleveland Clinic, constantly works with patients with ...

Moreover, it was two to three times as powerful a predictor as the next strongest predictor, either opioid prescription rates or unemployment." A standard exponential equation accurately described ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Thursday a new type of prescription pain medication for moderate to severe acute pain for adults.

these results provide strong support for the significantly lower abusability of cebranopadol compared to existing therapies that treat moderate-to-severe pain, including opioids,” Tris CEO Ketan ...