This browser does not support the Video element. The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers. The ...

NEW YORK -- The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to doctors, bowing to a key demand of lawsuits that blame the company for helping trigger the ...

A large review of opioid pain relievers prescribed for acute pain has found these medicines provide only small, short-term ...

Despite widespread devastation caused by America's opioid epidemic, an investigation by NPR found that doctors and other health care providers still prescribe highly addictive pain medications at ...

Minnesota has typically reported lower opioid prescribing levels than other states amid the epidemic, but state opioid-related overdose deaths still surged from 54 in 2000 to 422 in 2017, according to ...

Opioid abuse and addiction is a growing concern in the U.S. with the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimating that approximately 2.1 million Americans suffer from substance use disorders related to ...