A study showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie anorexia. A study conducted at Turku PET Centre in Finland showed that changes in the ...

By Jan Hoffman Seven months after the Supreme Court struck down a deal that would have resolved thousands of opioid cases against Purdue Pharma, the company’s owners, members of the Sackler ...

Among veterans, firearm injury accounts for 72% of suicides and poisoning, typically by overdose, accounts for 8% of suicides among veterans, respectively, with suicides due to opioid overdose ...

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WASHINGTON — Veterans who were prescribed an opioid and a benzodiazepine at the same time by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) faced an increased risk of death, says a new report from the ...

A bipartisan coalition of states has reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their former company Purdue Pharma over their role in the opioid crisis.

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.

B.C.’s attorney general says the B.C. Supreme Court has certified the province’s class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Niki Sharma says B.C. can now proceed as a ...

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states for fueling the opioid crisis ...

From 2011 to 2021, prescription opioid use dropped by about 50% across the United States as a likely sign of attempts to reduce overuse of the drugs, previous studies found.

Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication Oxycontin caused a widespread opioid ...

“The Sackler family relentlessly pursued profit at the expense of vulnerable patients, and played a critical role in starting and fuelling the opioid epidemic,” James said in the statement.