Experiments reveal that a time-dependent epistatic interaction influences how mice respond to opioids, and that intracellular fibroblast growth factors also influence opioid sensitivity.

Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children ...

Over six months, more than 60 people receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder answered surveys on their smartphones about their mental health, psychological state and ...

Extended-release buprenorphine is approved as a once-monthly subcutaneous injection for the treatment of moderate-to-severe OUD. A previous study cited by the study authors had suggested that a higher ...

The vaccine, which showed positive results in studies of mice, is designed to block fentanyl from entering the brain, ...

It has been one year since the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office installed a naloxone vending machine at the Middlesex Jail & House ...

With the use of opioids on the rise, one jail’s program is aiming to reduce the number of overdoses and relapses among ...

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

Perinatal mothers enrolled in Michigan Medicaid between 2012 and 2021 who had opioid use disorder were more likely to have a premature birth and to use more health care services than mothers without ...

Perinatal mothers enrolled in Michigan Medicaid between 2012 and 2021 who had opioid use disorder were more likely to have a premature birth and to use more health care services than mothers without ...

Prescription opioids may provide short-term anxiety relief for patients with chronic pain, especially among patients with cancer.