More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...

Only a tiny percentage of people addicted to alcohol or drugs take medication for it. Why not? It's complicated, but the ...

These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal is introducing new legislation surrounding gambling addiction. The bill would establish the first ...

As prescription drug abuse has grown in the US and Europe ... when a nurse or provider acquires the medicine until the treatment is either administered or destroyed. “Whether a patient ...

For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug ...

The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...

Now a third option is available after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Suzetrigine, sold as twice-daily Journavx, a non-addictive prescription drug for ...

A new pain relief drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every 12 hours after a larger starter dose. It will ...

U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated ...

Teens and young adults with anxiety, ADHD, or sleep disorders were more likely to have a diagnosis of addiction to sedatives ...