The narcotic crisis in the United States has claimed nearly 850,000 lives since 1999 with a staggering annual mortality rate of approximately 70,000 lives. An overwhelming majority of overdose-related ...

Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...

San Antonio, TX - Contrary to published guidelines recommending non-narcotic analgesics, 70% of patients with low back pain receive opioids, according to new research presented at the American College ...

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tris Pharma, Inc. (Tris), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the acceptance of its peer-reviewed article "The ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...

Gene therapy ‘switch’ may offer non-addictive pain relief. New approach targets pain signals while leaving the rest of the brain untouched.

Pfizer announced that the FDA has approved a Prior Approval Supplement for Embeda (morphine sulfate and naltrexone HCl) Extended-Release Capsules. Embeda is a Schedule II narcotic indicated for the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Use of a multi-modal pain program reduced the number of narcotic analgesics taken by patients ...

Credit: Thinkstock. A warning about opioid-induced hyperalgesia has been added to the prescribing information. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the prescribing information for all ...

Some patients and dental practitioners favor the use of nonnarcotic analgesics or opioid alternatives for treating postoperative endodontic pain, but studies on their effectiveness for this indication ...