PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in the state’s drug supply. In a health ...

About 76 percent of that count involved opioids. The opioid crisis has devastated countless families nationwide. And as Johnson County Public Health reported in 2023, the crisis extended its lethal ...

Muncie City Council approved using opioid settlement funds for police and firefighter pay raises, sparking controversy. Council member Nora Powell criticized the administration's lack of ...

The retailer unveils Nashville's first-ever naloxone vending machine at a c-store in collaboration with Fund Recovery. Naloxone is an inhaled medication used to reverse an opioid overdose while it ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance will pay more than $300 million as part of an agreement with the Justice Department to settle charges the pharmacy chain helped fuel the opioid crisis by knowingly filling ...

The opioid epidemic is still an ongoing problem and there is no single solution to bring it under control. Ben Hargreaves finds that a new line of attack could be the development of more effective ...

Endo's slide into bankruptcy follows in the footsteps of Purdue Pharma – which filed in 2019 but is still negotiating opioid settlement and corporate restructuring terms – as well as ...

Stauffer Jr. The Indiana County Board of Commissioners approved three proclamations, amended its role in opioid litigation, gave green lights to a series of contracts, and made some appointments ...

Purpose. Published reports on placebo-controlled clinical trials and other studies investigating the use of pure opioid antagonists for the prevention and treatment of opioid-induced pruritus (OIP ...

Aging Health. 2011;7(6):813-828. Common opioid side effects reported in the literature include urinary retention, pruritus, nausea and vomiting, CNS effects and respiratory effects. The incidence ...