Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CREOKS McAlester continues to provide community education for residents as part of their Opioid Abatement program. During a ...

Newswise — Welcome to “Ask the Expert,” a UTHealth Houston newsroom series in which leading experts examine pressing health challenges. In this edition, we address opioid overdoses and substance use.

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Fentanyl is an extremely potent, lab-grown opioid that can be 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. It is commonly added to other drugs because it’s cheap to ...

Adults on Medicaid who began treatment for a new bout of low back pain with a higher-dose opioid prescription were about two ...

Researchers have identified bradycardia-an abnormally low heart rate–as a symptom of xylazine-opioid overdose. This breakthrough finding from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai may help ...

A study of 399,500 Medicaid adults found that initial opioid treatment for acute low back pain above 50 MME per day was ...

As Berrien County marks National Overdose Awareness Month, health officials say there are signs the opioid crisis is improving. Opioids have been a major driver of overdose deaths in Berrien County.

Health authorities in Tasmania have issued a public warning after an overdose death that may have been brought about by drugs "possibly laced with a strong opioid".