The FDA has approved Journavx, a pain medication, offering a safer alternative to opioids. Learn about its benefits and side effects.

The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and represent the first new class of pain medications in 20 years—and the first non ...

Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...

Alexandra Sowa's new book The Ozempic Revolution is intended to be the "first comprehensive user guide" to GLP-1 drugs like ...

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

In 2023, more than 84,000 people in the U.S. died from overdosing on opioids—everything from prescription painkillers to ...

A LETHAL Frankenstein narcotic that can kill its victims in the smallest of doses is increasingly being found in vapes and ...

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

Sackler family, who owned pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, will no longer be in control of the company or permitted to sell opioids if the new settlement plan is approved ...

What bills substance use treatment and prevention experts are watching in the 2025 Colorado Legislative session. Boulder Weekly ...

Drug users are tested for HIV and hepatitis, prescribed methadone, and given a safe space to take drugs – all in a bid to ...