Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Patients who received higher doses of buprenorphine, a common medication used to alleviate opioid withdrawal and cravings, were less likely to ...

It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. But despite the looser restrictions and the ongoing overdose ...

There is a black market for buprenorphin, an approved drug for opioid addiction. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Months in prison didn’t rid Daryl of his addiction to opioids. “Before I left the ...

Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are ...

Many patients unable to obtain the anti-addiction drug Suboxone due to strict federal requirements are turning toward illicit means to secure the medication, which ...

Elise Amendola / AP Patients battling addiction may struggle to fill their prescription for an opioid use disorder at their local pharmacy if they live in a low-income neighborhood or minority ...

Anyone 13 or older with substance use disorder can call to speak to a doctor and receive a prescription the same day for ...

The exponential rise in opioid prescriptions by pharmaceutical companies, despite awareness of their addictive nature, has led to a staggering toll of over 760,000 lives lost to drug overdoses since ...