Watching someone struggling with opioid addiction is challenging and can cause you to feel helpless and to struggle in knowing what to do. This ...

A former running back for the Philadelphia Eagles and Wilmington-area native has been charged by federal prosecutors with ...

Opioids have long been used to treat severe pain, though their use in the management of chronic pain remains somewhat controversial. Some people can tolerate opioids for years without any adverse ...

A new harm reduction station located at the Midland County Services Building is providing free Narcan and other public health ...

Aging Health. 2011;7(6):813-828. Common opioid side effects reported in the literature include urinary retention, pruritus, nausea and vomiting, CNS effects and respiratory effects. The incidence ...

The challenges of running a volunteer ambulance service are countless, but the dedicated denizens in Libby have been doing it ...

Federal and state governments impose restrictions on both physician and non-physician opioid prescribers To dispense opioids, federal law requires licensed physicians to register with DEA ...

Ms. Chiarello is author of “Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis.” When I entered a tiny pharmacy 11 miles outside Jackson, Miss., in 2009 ...

Underdosing of opioid analgesia is a significant problem in emergency medicine. Although many dosing regimens for intravenous morphine have been studied, 0.10 mg/kg generally is recommended as an ...

By now, about 1 in 18 American children have peanut allergies. I haven’t even mentioned the opioid epidemic, brought to us by ...