Opioids affect both the gut and the immune system, said Summer Thompson, an assistant professor studying gut-brain ...

Researchers at USF Health are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to ...

The Washington County commissioners are forming a committee to review applications from organizations seeking grants from the ...

Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, spent much of his life battling drug ...

A synthetic opioid that is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more powerful than fentanyl is increasingly ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid. According to Drug Enforcement Administration research, fentanyl is responsible for more than ...

Several new bills and laws in Tennessee are set to go into effect in January 1st. Here's a look at what changes to expect.

City officials announced more than half a million dollars in opioid settlement money has been allocated to initiatives in the ...

The Canadian Press spoke to several chronic pain patients who had no forewarning that their pain medications would be out of ...

Contracts are in place for a project that will test the wastewater of public schools in Missouri for signs of fentanyl and other drug use.

Prescription pharmaceutical transdermal fentanyl is a valuable treatment for management of pain in opioid-tolerant patients, severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid ...