When you have a mild headache or muscle ache, an over-the-counter pain reliever is usually enough to make you feel better. But if your pain is more severe, your doctor might recommend something ...

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. The ...

The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other parts of the brain. A new preclinical study has identified a gene therapy ap ...

Roughly 78 Americans die each day from the opioid epidemic that has ravaged states from Florida to Maine. The Appalachian region—West Virginia in particular—is among the hardest hit and has suffered ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a 10-mg dose of Roxybond (Protega Pharmaceuticals), an opioid analgesic indicated for the management of severe pain in cases where other ...

Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...

The CDC Foundation’s new issue of Business Pulse identifies four critical issues facing employers in relation to the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic. The CDC Foundation — an independent, nonprofit ...

The California Department of Public Health is reminding consumers and retailers that products containing kratom or ...

Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on ...