Researchers who study trends in illicit drug use are concerned that sales of a potent class of synthetic opioids called ...
Last week, German biotech startup Vertanical announced that its new cannabis-derived drug worked better than opioids in clinical trials for chronic lower-back pain.
Millions of people every year get one or more wisdom teeth, also called third molars, extracted by a dentist or oral surgeon, and opioids were once considered to be the standard of care to treat pain ...
Q. Journavx works for me! I rarely need an opioid like Norco (hydrocodone and acetaminophen) or an NSAID like Celebrex when I’m on it.
A second Phase 3 study, published in Pain & Therapy, compared Vertanical's cannabis drug with opioids in 384 patients with ...
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A New Medication Could Relieve Pain Without Addiction Risk. Red Tape is Getting in the Way There is a deep irony in the pain of losing someone you love to ...
Police uncovered the UK's first drug lab for nitazenes in Ayrshire, a senior officer has told an oversight board. Nitazenes ...
New self-service kiosks will allow Amazon's One Medical patients in Los Angeles to pick up their prescriptions.
Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner Dr. Thomas Gilson is seeing more drug deaths from cocaine than opioids, marking a new phase ...