Diagnostic errors are the number one concern for the healthcare industry in 2018, according to the ECRI Institute’s list of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations released this ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious medical condition. People with OUD will continue to use opioids despite negative consequences to their health, relationships, or lives. If they try to stop using ...

Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ deadly hostility to addiction medications, subpar treatment offered in jails and prisons, shifts in the illicit drug supply and consumption behavior, ...

Rodin is a clinician scientist and assistant professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. A woman sat in our emergency department in agonizing pain, ...

Opioids slot into opioid receptors and activate them. This sends signals to your brain to relieve pain and promote pleasure. Both endogenous opioids, which your body naturally produces, and exogenous ...

Adults with chronic pain receiving long-term opioids did not experience a reduction in opioid use after a virtual pain relief skills class.

“Opioids for longer-term, persistent chronic pain are not the best medications because of tolerance and other factors that may interfere with the long-term trajectory of opioid therapy,” Hooten said. ...

A table full of fentanyl and other designer drugs seized by CBP sit on display at the International Mail Facility in Chicago on Nov. 28, 2017. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Kris Grogan) ...

Opioids were the most common substance contributing to the poisoning deaths of children ages 5 and younger, according to a new study. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...

Oxycontin (oxycodone hydrochloride) prescription medications are effective at relieving pain but carry a risk of addiction. While there's a need for novel non-opioid drugs for pain, they face clinical ...