When you have a mild headache or muscle ache, an over-the-counter pain reliever is usually enough to make you feel better. But if your pain is more severe, your doctor might recommend something ...

Roughly 78 Americans die each day from the opioid epidemic that has ravaged states from Florida to Maine. The Appalachian region—West Virginia in particular—is among the hardest hit and has suffered ...

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. The ...

Understanding both sides of this medication is essential before starting or continuing to take it.

The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other parts of the brain. A new preclinical study has identified a gene therapy ap ...

The two million people who suffer from opioid use disorder are rarely prescribed the best drug to treat them, but physicians at UT Southwestern and local nonprofit Youth 180 are getting the word out ...

The CDC Foundation’s new issue of Business Pulse identifies four critical issues facing employers in relation to the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic. The CDC Foundation — an independent, nonprofit ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on ...