A used needle is seen on the street during a city sweep of a homeless encampment, in New York City on Sept. 22, 2022. Even the most fervent drug warrior would have to concede that cannabis ...
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 ...
Opioid medications offer people relief from debilitating pain, but these drugs come with dangers: the risk for addiction, miserable withdrawal symptoms and the potential for fatal overdose.
Shania Liu receives funding from the FIP Hospital Pharmacy Section, FIP Early Career Pharmacists Group, and Alberta Innovates (Postdoctoral Fellowship). Asad Patanwala and Katelyn Jauregui do not work ...
Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The Food and Drug Administration will soon require prescription opioid manufacturers to include stronger language on the medications’ labels ...
The increase in the manufacture and use of highly-addictive synthetic opioids is a global challenge. The EU is taking action to curb this global affliction on society. Opioids are a class of drugs ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Dial or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org for free and confidential support. The United States is facing ...