In a new study, opioid addicts experienced structural and functional changes in specific regions of their brains.

After her son’s death, Melissa Etheridge turned her grief into advocacy by creating a foundation to support new research into ...

A recent study by North Carolina State University exposes a critical shortfall in opioid treatment availability within the state's residential facilities.

Opioid agonists dominate the treatment landscape for OUD, but their use is marked by a risk of “diversion” — the illicit use of opioid medications — meaning that their dispensing is often ...

Purpose. Published reports on placebo-controlled clinical trials and other studies investigating the use of pure opioid antagonists for the prevention and treatment of opioid-induced pruritus (OIP ...

Use of nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioid, is rising, which experts say needs to prompt better policy. Udani Samarasekera ...

The failure of the trial of the drug AZD4041 by pharma giant AstraZeneca, to combat opioid use disorder (OUD), highlights the ...

Scientists have revealed that opioid receptors outside the brain play a key role in the hypoventilation caused by fentanyl ...

Scientists have revealed that opioid receptors outside the brain play a key role in the hypoventilation caused by fentanyl overdoses, paving the way for better treatments.

Bruneau added that integrating first-line opioid agonist treatment into primary care could reduce stigma, increase early screening and patient retention, and help reduce Canada’s opioid crisis.

Dec. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- "This is your brain on drugs," the old anti-drug admonition says, and now a new study has ...

Opioids are often first-line treatments for cancer-related pain, but they can suppress the immune system and reduce the ...