Older Patients at Risk When Dentists Prescribe Opioids Too Few People With Opioid Disorder Receive Best Treatments Cases of Deadly Heart Infection Tied to Opioid Abuse Rose Sharply During Pandemic During and After Surgery, Pot Users Need More Anesthesia, Painkillers: Study About 1 in 35 U.S. Pregnancies Exposed to Opioids Pharmacists Can Be Key to Helping Folks Kick Opioid Addiction Babies in Danger From Ingesting Opioids Laced With Animal Tranquilizer When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study Allergy Meds in Street Opioids Make Overdoses More Deadly Avoiding Opioids, Many Patients in Pain Get Gabapentin Instead. Does It Work? FDA Warns of Animal Tranquilizer in Illicit Drugs Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some Older Gays, Lesbians at Higher Odds for Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal Deadly 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Looks Like Candy, Could Entice Kids Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose In States Where Recreational Marijuana Legalized, Less Demand for Prescription Codeine Prescription Opioids, Antibiotics in Pregnancy Won't Raise Birth Defect Risk: Studies U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining Breastfeeding OK After Mom Has Anesthesia, Experts Say Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse Signs America's Opioid Epidemic Might Finally Be Waning Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women 1 in 3 High School Seniors Who Misuse Prescription Opioids Turn to Heroin Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids People Are Buying Illegal Opioids on the Dark Web Moving Away From Opioids to Treat Dental Pain Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement Pandemic Brought Surge in Fatal Drug Overdoses in U.S. Teens Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study 5 Years, No Fatal ODs: Study Finds 'Safe Injection Sites' Can Save Lives Even Before COVID, Many More People Died Early in U.S. Versus Europe Opioid Deaths in Young Americans Often Involve Other Drugs Doctors Devise Safer Alternative to Opioids During, After Surgeries Big Drop Seen in Drug Treatment Admissions During Pandemic Telehealth, Phone Visits a Lifesaver for Veterans Addicted to Opioids Big Drop Seen in Kids Getting Opioids After Surgery In Study, Reminder Letters Helped Doctors Make Safer Choices Prescribing Opioids Valium, Xanax Prescriptions Could Raise Overdose Risk in Youth 'Iso,' a Deadly New Synthetic Opioid, Has Hit American Streets Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too FDA Moves Toward Making Overdose Antidote an Over-the-Counter Drug Fatal Heart Infections Linked to Opioid Abuse Have Tripled Among Young Americans U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs Arthritis? Back Pain? Medical Pot May Help You Avoid Opioid Painkillers Too Few People Treated for Opioid Use Get Anti-Overdose Med Fans Could Help Cancer Patients Breathe Easier: Study Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study Are Opioids Prescribed Too Freely as Patients Are Moved to Nursing Homes? Most Docs Want Telehealth for Opioid Abuse Treatment to Stick Around Scientists Are Developing Patch That Warns of Oncoming Drug Overdose Could an Injected Electrode Control Your Pain Without Drugs? Who Is Using Herbal Kratom? Dangerous Prescriptions of Opioids-Plus-Sedatives Plummet in U.S. 'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries Could Opioid Crisis Mean More Strokes for Americans? More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study Experts Say New Street Drug Is ‘as Deadly as Fentanyl’ In Canada, Program That Supplies Safe Opioids to Addicts Is Saving Lives Walmart Offers $3 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuits Opioid Overdose Antidote Urged for Schools After Student's Fentanyl Death Rising U.S. Deaths After Users Mix Coke, Meth With an Opioid 'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Reveals Harrowing Addiction Journey CDC Issues New Guidance on Prescribed Opioids for Pain As Opioid Deaths Rise Among Teens, Too Few Youth Get Anti-Addiction Drug Poll: Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain Nerve-Cooling Implant Could Ease Pain Without Opioids Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It Pandemic Has Blocked Access to Treatment for Many Americans Hooked on Opioids Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing New Biden Plan Would Help Pregnant Women Fight Opioid Addiction 3 Big Pharmacy Chains Must Pay $650 Million to Ohio Counties for Role in Opioid Crisis Opioid Use a Hazard for Young Patients Battling Sarcomas Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe? No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop Knee, Shoulder Surgeries Without Opioids? It's Possible, Study Finds U.S. Tourists in Northern Mexico Are Buying Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl U.S. Fatal Drug ODs Rose Again in 2021, But Increase Is Slowing