Results from a small study suggest ketamine’s antidepressant effects may require activation of the brain’s opioid system.

By Stephanie Brown HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Aug. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced ...

A person overdosing on an opioid may exhibit slow or no breathing, blue lips or fingertips, dizziness and/or choking, ...

A little-known opioid that’s deadlier than fentanyl has led to a growing number of overdose deaths in recent years. Nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids, were originally developed as pain relievers ...

New research by KFF, a health policy organization, shows Nebraska has the lowest opioid overdose death rate in the ...

The number of drug-related deaths involving stimulants plus opioids has surged in the US and Canada, a ‘silent epidemic’ ...

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Opioids like morphine are widely used in medical practice due to their powerful pain-relieving effects. However, they carry ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin announced the launch of a new opioid settlement grant funding ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals will stop developing its experimental non-opioid painkiller as a solo treatment after a mid-stage ...

With seven months of the year done, the number of overdose deaths in Grant County is running ahead of the same period in 2024. KC Sherwood, death investigator for the Grant County Coroner's Office, ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the spring legislative session.