Dr. Sanjay Gupta said Tuesday that the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication is “a pretty big deal.” “This is a pretty ...

Nearly 22,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized at US borders during the 2024 fiscal year, according to data from the US Customs ...

This new nonaddictive alternative is the first of its kind that interrupts the pain signal before it reaches the brain.

Opioids work by stimulating opioid receptors in the brain ... Rind said the physicians he has spoken with are excited about the drug. “We have heard from pretty much every pain expert we talked to ...

It’s possible that GLP-1s may be useful for a range of substance use disorders, including opioid use disorder and nicotine ...

And opioids are, of course ... NOGUCHI: Yeah, so in clinical trials, the side effects were pretty mild. They included things like itchiness, rash, muscle spasms. I think the far more significant ...