The Food and Drug Administration is attempting to put a spotlight on the potential risks associated with prolonged use of opioid pain medications by mandating changes to the way those products are ... Dr. Sarah Spencer sits in the back of the Ninilchik Community Clinic's mobile clinic, assembling an opioid harm-reduction kit.
Medications like buprenorphine are important tools in the spectrum of ... Cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid 10 times more potent than fentanyl, is linked to dozens of deaths and is spreading across the U.S. AOL: Scientists may have found the ‘holy grail’ of pain management: a non-addictive opioid The properties of the drug are what one doctors calls “a 'wish list' for what we would want in a safer opioid” that could even treat heroin addiction. Scientists may have found the ‘holy grail’ of pain management: a non-addictive opioid Yahoo: Medicaid expansion boosted access to opioid addiction treatment medication, study says In the eight states that expanded Medicaid after 2018, the number of people receiving prescriptions for the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine increased dramatically, according to a ...