Lifesaving or wasteful? Opinion is divided on the ways local communities are using opioid settlement funds. Survivors of the overdose crisis and families who’ve lost loved ones to it are raising ...

The Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) is a self-reported questionnaire that doctors can use to assess a person’s potential risk of opioid use disorder before prescribing pain medication. This feature mentions ...

Imagine the scene. You walk into a room to find your loved one unconscious on the floor, barely breathing. You know your loved one has been using prescription painkillers or heroin and believe s/he ...

The opioid epidemic continues to rage across the country – and Pennsylvania is not immune from it. It’s been seven years since it was first designated a public health emergency, and it has continued ...

Opioid overdoses continue to take a devastating toll across the United States. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

A top Veterans Affairs official investigating claims of opiate over-prescription at the Tomah VA hospital says changes are already being made even as internal and criminal investigations proceed. Dr.

Another November brings another report by the state Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board, a group of experts brought together to recommend how New York State should allocate the hundreds of millions ...

An analysis of medical literature showed a lack of screening tools in the management of opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain, according to research published in the journal Pain Physician. The ...

What used to take several minutes...now only takes an instant. In late April, Bayview Physicians Group began using new tool called NarxCare to help doctors when prescribing medication to patients.