Marked geographic variation in opioid prescribing persisted, exemplified by Alabama’s historically high rates and subsequent ...

"The effects of a provincial opioid prescribing standard on opioid prescribing for pain in adults: an interrupted time-series analysis" and "Integrating chronic pain management into care for patients ...

St. Bernards Medical Center announced its participation in Goldfinch Health’s “Billion Pill Pledge” on Friday, becoming the ...

Educating clinicians on how to safely prescribe opioids can help decrease opioid misuse among chronic pain sufferers. These findings, which appear online in the journal Pain Medicine, confirm that ...

Surgeons with Dakota Surgical Center in Minot are rolling out new methods to reduce post-operative pain while limiting the ...

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 ...

Older adults in New Jersey recorded the highest number of suspected overdose deaths in 2025, according to the New Jersey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buprenorphine tablets, which are used to reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms and cravings. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) ...

The Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act (NOPAIN Act), which took effect on January 1, 2025, is influencing ...

Years ago, I wrote about the opioid crisis and the dangers of punishing legitimate pain patients in our rush to address addiction. I warned that we were reacting too strongly to the problem, swinging ...

Megan Cantone stumbled out of the hospital in tears from the pain. She sought treatment for an infection from drug use. Medical professionals at the Denver hospital provided the treatment, but as ...