painkiller addiction

COVID survivors are at risk from a possible second pandemic, this time of opioid addiction, given the high rate of painkillers being prescribed to these patients, health experts say.

As lawmakers grapple with how best to combat the nation’s prescription painkiller abuse crisis, a recent survey is shedding light on how patients who get…

Cameron Stewart is a big man. He played high school sports. He served as in the Marine medic corps in Afghanistan and Iraq. But after he was left with...

The nation's epidemic of addiction to painkillers and heroin is fueling runaway demand for a once-obscure form of housing known as "sober homes," where…

Prescription painkillers should not be a first choice for treating common ailments like back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guidelines…

Federal health advisers recommended approval Tuesday for an experimental implant designed to treat patients recovering from heroin and painkiller…