Naloxone, the drug typically used to stop an opioid overdose, only works for about 30 minutes. That means it often needs to ...

Nitazines may look like a white or brown and yellow powder, although they also have been found in tablets and mixed with ...

Drugs that target opioid receptors sometimes have severe side effects. Thousands of people around the world die every day from overdoses involving opioids such as fentanyl. An international team of ...

The Trump Administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, which starts in October, includes a $33.3 billion cut to the ...

A dangerous new drug adulterant is spreading through America’s illicit opioid supply, and it’s making overdoses significantly harder to reverse. Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative normally used to ...

Brandy Schillace’s review of “Candace Pert” by Pamela Rykman (Bookshelf, Nov. 15) contains a questionable conclusion: the discovery of the mu opioid receptor in 1972 “helped launch the opioid crisis” ...

Beginning this October, HCSO’s program “will provide Sublocade, a long-acting monthly injection designed to support ...