It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. But despite the looser restrictions and the ongoing overdose ...

Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are ...

Medications have become our go-to treatments for opioid addiction. Though life-saving, their downsides are underappreciated ...

Yoga appears to help accelerate opioid withdrawal recovery when paired with buprenorphine treatment, based on a recent study.

Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of ...

Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine, became the first hospital in the state to start prescribing Suboxone, a prescription medicine that contains buprenorphine and naloxone, for opioid addiction in ...

Elise Amendola / AP Patients battling addiction may struggle to fill their prescription for an opioid use disorder at their local pharmacy if they live in a low-income neighborhood or minority ...

Racial and ethnic minorities with opioid use disorder (OUD) have a significantly lower odds of receiving a prescription for buprenorphine compared with their white counterparts, new research shows.