People living with chronic pain recognize the shift the moment treatment comes up. Nobody says it outright, yet it shows up ...

LAS VEGAS -- Opioid abuse was tied to excess healthcare costs of over $10,000 for the 1 year following the initial abuse diagnosis, researchers reported here. In a review of a large healthcare cost ...

Laws requiring physicians to check a patient’s drug history in state databases help lower opioid abuse incidence, according to a paper in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy by Ithaca, ...

Physicians have linked 14 cases of sudden-onset amnesia in Massachusetts to opioid abuse, according to research findings published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Four patients who ...

On a global level, it is estimated that 20% of adults suffer from pain, and 10% are being newly diagnosed with chronic pain each year (Goldberg and McGee 2011). The presence of chronic pain afflicts ...

Could sex hormones explain the difference in opioid use and misuse between genders? Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and according to the National ...

Are Abuse-Deterrent Drugs Less Addictive? Medscape: In a national survey [1] of internists, family physicians, and general practitioners, nearly one half stated that they believed abuse-deterrent ...

A senior studying at Rogers State University in Claremore won first place in the "Regional University" category for the ...

Although prescription drug abuse has often been seen as a rural problem, urban hospitals saw 26 percent more prescription opioid abuse cases than rural hospitals, according to Jay Unick, PhD, of the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on Thursday to help drug companies develop generic versions of approved opioids with abuse-deterrent formulations while ensuring that ...

Onslow County will receive a portion of a $97 million opioid settlement to address the opioid crisis, with funds going ...