#Opioids

After a reformulated version of the opioid painkiller hit the market in 2010, some with opioid use disorder migrated from pills to heroin.

The opioid epidemic is likely fueling increased rates of deceased organ donors categorized as posing a high risk of passing on such viruses.

The CDC found these risk factors were much higher among the 1.8 percent of high school survey respondents who said they were transgender.

A trio of British studies projected the impact of programs that provide clean injection-drug materials to people who inject drugs.

The painkillers may suppress the immune system.

But it is less supportive of safer consumption spaces.

Researchers say given the many associated downsides and risks, opioids should not be a first choice for chronic noncancer pain.

A column in The New York Times Book Review offers a mini syllabus for America’s ongoing addiction crisis.

In some non–U.S. nations, health care providers can prescribe medical-grade heroin and supervise patients as they take it.

This finding suggests sex between men and the sharing of drug-sniffing equipment are possible routes of transmission.

A new report expresses disappointment with efforts at curbing drug production and addiction.

People living below a highway overpass might be forced into treatment.

Living with chronic pain not only drags down quality of life, but it is also linked to poorer HIV-related health outcomes.

He said it would enable drug use, but Jeff Sessions also influenced the veto.

Researchers analyzed data on more than a quarter of a million teens and young adults attending federally qualified health centers.