Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.

Doctors are trying new ways to treat opioid addiction- with mixed results. A study by UC San Francisco tried microdosing ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when fentanyl overdoses surged, doctors were desperate to find ways of helping their patients.

A groundbreaking treatment for substance use disorder is changing lives by using neuro-stimulation, and it’s exclusively available in the Louisville area.

NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd. (NASDAQ: NLSP) (NASDAQ: NLSPW) ("NLS" or the "Company"), a Swiss clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing therapies for rare and complex central nervous ...

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits ...

As opioid pain medications continue being prescribed for chronic and severe pain, understanding their risks becomes ...

What Mark Conway says is groundbreaking and life-saving, the mayor’s office says is irresponsible and simplistic.

Pat George, chairman of the Kansas Fights Addiction Act Grant Review Board, gives an update to the Senate Ways and Means ...

Family and company to make payment to group of US states and other parties to settle long-running litigation over OxyContin’s ...

A novel use of a common treatment for opioid addiction might not be as effective as first believed, according to a recently published study authored by doctors at UCSF and the San Francisco Department ...