The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring class-wide label changes for opioid medications to provide additional information on the risks associated with long-term use.

Dr. Stephanie Stewart discusses opioid usage in Colorado, and what the treatment process looks like for patients struggling with opioid addiction.

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The FDA is requiring opioid pain medication manufacturers to update safety labeling with a stronger emphasis on risks from long-term use, including addiction and overdose death.

In a significant move aimed at combating the ongoing opioid epidemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced major ...

The FDA hopes education and legal action against 7-OH products will help prevent a second opioid crisis in the US.

People taking illicit opioids on the streets increasingly showing up to hospital ERs in Pennsylvania sickened by a powerful dog and cat sedative.

Fentanyl is between 50 and 100 times more powerful than morphine, according to World Health Organisation data. In the US it ...

State officials have chosen Granite United Way to manage a new statewide grant program aimed at addressing the opioid crisis.

Prosecutors accused a South Florida doctor and pharmacists of selling millions of pills illegally for years. WLRN tried to ...

Spokane County is moving forward with a significant expansion of its addiction and behavioral health services. The county ...