For Americans under age 45, the most likely way of dying prematurely is opioid overdose. Stadiums full of people are dying, an average of 110,000 people each year and a recent Stanford Lancet Report ...

DENVER — A proposal that would require physicians to meet minimal competency standards before prescribing methadone has been rejected here at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) 2015 ...

FIVE AT SIX. MEDICATION FOR ADDICTION. PROVEN TO SAVE LIVES. RIGHT NOW THERE IS A PUSH TO MAKE IT MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING. AND IN NEED. BUT THAT EFFORT IS FACING FIERCE ...

In recent years, lawmakers have focused almost exclusively on stopping the flow of illicit fentanyl to combat the opioid overdose crisis. First appearing as a heroin additive in 2012, fentanyl largely ...

Since the Food and Drug Administration approved methadone for treating opioid use disorder in 1972, its distribution has been strictly regulated. The regulations were put in place to ensure public and ...

CHICAGO — Consensus guidelines designed to reduce methadone-related overdoses in patients being treated for pain are a good starting place for physicians wishing to safely use methadone in palliative ...

Anyone with experience with a person new to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) understands how tenuous this time can be. Relapse to addiction is often part of the treatment and recovery process.

Nov. 27—The state Office of the Medical Investigator determined an FBI agent's son died of a methadone overdose while being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center earlier this year. Thomas Acee, 21 ...

You'll want the facts up front: an 11-year-old boy died and his two younger brothers were rushed to intensive care after ...

Something astonishing is happening in Worcester. Traducido en español por El Planeta, Boston's Latino daily. The city cut its overdose deaths in half in 2024. And with just 13 recorded overdose deaths ...

The drug is a synthetic cannabinoid that can cause violent and self-destructive behavior. A 30-year-old New Bedford woman faces charges after her 21-month-old son required multiple doses of Narcan ...