A central challenge in the opioid crisis in the US has been the underuse of lifesaving treatment and harm reduction programs. Conventional explanations focus on limited access to care when services ...

Philadelphia's drug crisis is no longer defined by a single substance or a single pattern. It is being ...

People who take oxycodone need to be careful when also taking antifungal drugs or drinking grapefruit juice. Why? Because both the juice and the drug can result in abnormally high, perhaps dangerously ...

A clinical trial led by St. Michael's Hospital researchers found that using nerve blocks, an anesthesia technique to numb ...

In one way or another, Thomas Gooch has spent more than 30 years struggling with illegal drugs. The 52-year-old Nashville, Tenn., native grew up in extreme poverty. He was first incarcerated in 1988 ...

Local governments in receipt of opioid settlement dollars are sitting on most of the money, according to a Tuesday analysis from The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. But only about 10% of monies ...

Chronic pain and cancer pain management require a multimodal approach that addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual ...

The opioid crisis helped reshape the pain conversation. What comes next depends on how effectively marketers translate that ...

A special program sends nurses who contract with the city to businesses including stores, restaurants, gas stations, ...