The Latest Breaking News from Opioids

Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. In Australia, around 40% of people with low back and neck pain who present to their GP and 70% of people with low back pain who visit a hospital emergency department are prescribed…

A probe found hundreds of patients had their lives cut short by opioids at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital

San Francisco could become the first city in the country to require every pharmacy within its boundaries to always carry naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Jessica Blackburn didn’t know she was addicted to opioids until her body’s first withdrawal.

We hear so much about crime rates, opioids, and gun violence in America, but so little from our elected leaders about the poverty crisis

Paxton worked to connect Kenny Hansmire with state comptroller, who oversees millions in opioid settlement money

To combat the surge in opioid deaths, some doctors are prescribing these drugs rather than opioids because they pose fewer risks and have less chance of dependency.

The EU says new harmful illicit drugs are inundating a flourishing market for traffickers amid violence and corruption hurting local communities across Europe

The UK has the highest rate of opiate-related fatalities in Europe

Earlier this year, the NHS announced that it had cut opioid prescriptions by almost half a million in four years. But opioids aren’t just available on prescription in the UK. They can be bought over the counter at pharmacies in the form of co-codamol – pills that contain codeine and…

Scientists are looking into ways to create safer opioid drugs that avoid dangerous side effects that can lead to overdoses.