Rodin is a clinician scientist and assistant professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. A woman sat in our emergency department in agonizing pain, ...

The Food and Drug Administration is attempting to put a spotlight on the potential risks associated with prolonged use of opioid pain medications by mandating changes to the way those products are ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it will now be requiring updated safety labels for all opioid pain medications to better highlight the risks of long-term use, including misuse, ...

Federal and state governments impose restrictions on both physician and non-physician opioid prescribers To dispense opioids, federal law requires licensed physicians to register with DEA, have an ...

“Opioids for longer-term, persistent chronic pain are not the best medications because of tolerance and other factors that may interfere with the long-term trajectory of opioid therapy,” Hooten said. ...

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 ...

Since being deemed a public health emergency in 2017, opioids are responsible for 72% of drug overdose deaths in the United States, according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics. New ...