After surgery, many children use less than half of their prescribed opioid medication, according to a recent study. This finding is particularly worrying because many

While dentists are prescribing fewer opioids than in past years, the death rate from drug overdose in the U.S. more than doubled from 6 to

Pennsylvania’s Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and Department of Health have released guidelines for prescribing opioids for acute or chronic head and orofacial

About 1 in 4 patients misuse opioids prescribed for chronic pain, according to a new systematic review. Dentists are in a prime position to help

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a draft guidance document to assist pharmaceutical companies in developing new formulations of opioid drugs that

The manner in which the human body’s neural cells build rapid resistance to opioid pain medications has been identified by researchers at the University of

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are safer than opioids for elderly patients, according to a study published in the December 13/27