Opioid crisis: Sellers tout prescription drugs on social media Social media giants unwittingly help fuel illegal opioid trade as ads make their way onto YouTube, Facebook.
1-year-old dies after ingesting powerful synthetic opioid A 1-year-old girl who died in August was exposed to a powerful synthetic opioid that is typically used as a sedative for elephants.
New therapy 'rewires' the brain to fight depression Medications don’t always help patients suffering from depression, in fact studies show they can be ineffective in up to 40 percent of all patients. Doctors at UCLA Health are offering a new drug-free treatment for people with depression.
Trump makes rare reference to late brother Fred in opioid speech President Trump made a rare and personal reference to his older brother Fred Trump Jr. Thursday as he declared the opioid crisis in America a “public health emergency.”
Harvey Weinstein scandal led to increase in hotline calls, RAINN officials say A national sexual assault hotline has reported a record number of increased calls in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Prosecutors: US conspiracy came amid slow sales of opioid The drug company founder charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy to bribe doctors and pharmacists to widely prescribe an opioid cancer drug for people who didn't need it came to the U.S. for postgraduate studies and for a time was listed among Arizona's richest billionaires.
We're struggling to keep our opioid addicted son alive. Here's hoping Trump's plan fuels life-saving change For those of us struggling to keep opioid addicted loved ones alive, and for the tens of thousands of Americans who have had to bury their sons, daughters, husbands, wives, sisters and brothers, it’s tough to view Trump’s move as more than just another political promise geared more for publicity than real progress.
Puppy that collapsed on walk is saved with overdose antidote A puppy that collapsed after ingesting some sort of opioid in Massachusetts has survived after being given an overdose reversal drug more often administered to humans.
Walgreens to begin stocking Narcan in pharmacies nationwide Walgreens announced on Tuesday that it will begin stocking noloxone, the FDA-approved nasal spray sold under the brand Narcan and used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, in all of its pharmacies nationwide.
Rhode Island doctor pleads guilty to opioid kickback scheme related to Insys A Rhode Island doctor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges he participated in a scheme to obtain kickbacks in exchange for writing prescriptions for an addictive fentanyl-based cancer pain drug produced by Insys Therapeutics Inc.
