Suzetrigine prevents pain signals from reaching the brain and doesn't give an opioid-like high, making it non-addictive—but it's expensive. Reading time 2 minutes To treat acute pain, doctors in the U ...

Glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) like Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) have dominated headlines for their blockbuster ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

NIH-funded study demonstrates life-saving potential of providing medications for opioid use disorder in carceral settings A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that ...

Groups that help residents battling drug addiction will be able to expand their treatment services after the Livingston Parish Council approved plans to dole out more money from Louisiana’s opioid ...

Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione shares some good news in the opioid crisis.

“Addiction experts agree that individuals suffering from an opioid addiction need access to a broad range of treatments, including medication-assisted therapy,” Higgins said. “Treatments limited to ...

For Lacy Sisk, 40, the lowest moment in her opioid addiction was watching her family pack their belongings because she could no longer afford to pay the rent. All of her money had gone to pain pills ...

Made for sedation during surgery, fentanyl infiltrated the illicit drug market. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff and his cameraman Doug Vogt were covering the Iraq War in 2006 and embedded with U.S ...

With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight loss help battle opioid addiction? Researchers Dr. Patricia Grigson and Dr.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time in two decades, the FDA has approved a new class of non-opioid pain medication, offering an alternative to ...