May 09, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) - In states where pharmacists were allowed to sell the potentially lifesaving opioid antidote naloxone without a prescription, fewer peop...

May 03, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) - A tiny percentage of people at high risk for opioid overdose are getting prescriptions for naloxone, a medication that could potentiall...

May 02, 2019

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc on Thursday became the highest-ranking pharmaceutical executive to be convicted in a case tied to ...

May 02, 2019

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Drug distributor McKesson Corp has agreed to pay $37 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia seeking to hold it responsible ...

May 01, 2019

By Manas Mishra (Reuters Health) - Teens with painful chronic illnesses may find that YouTube can provide a support network, a new study suggests. ...

May 01, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Anesthesiology for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as...

May 01, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pain Management for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well a...

Apr 23, 2019

By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Tuesday it would stop developing its migraine drug, Ajovy, for treating cluster headaches after the ...

Apr 19, 2019

(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd on Friday received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its generic nasal spray for opioi...

Apr 19, 2019

FRIDAY, April 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Despite a potential increased risk for stroke in patients with diabetes, acetaminophen is a safe first-line analgesic for most older adults living in nursing...

Apr 18, 2019

By Manas Mishra and Tamara Mathias (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Thursday said they will spend $350 million in four states to study ways to best deal with the natio...

Apr 18, 2019

(Reuters) - A lower dose of non-opioid painkiller developed by Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co failed to meet main goals in a late-stage study in patients with moderate-to-severe osteoa...

Apr 18, 2019

Early physical therapy (PT) may help reduce the risk of long-term opioid use by serving as an alternative or adjunct to short-term opioid use for patients with various types of musculoskeletal pain. P...

Apr 18, 2019

THURSDAY, April 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Fifty-three medical professionals, including 31 doctors, are among the 60 people charged by U.S. authorities for their alleged involvement in the illegal p...

Apr 17, 2019

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Dozens of medical professionals in Appalachia, a region hard-hit by the U.S. opioid crisis, have been charged with writing hundreds of thou...

Apr 16, 2019

TUESDAY, April 16, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Barriers to accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) need to be addressed to help curb the epidemic, according to a report published by the Nationa...

Apr 15, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - People who regularly use cannabis may need more than twice the usual dose of anesthesia for surgery, a U.S. study suggests. ...

Apr 12, 2019

FRIDAY, April 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- From 2009 to 2015, the prevalence of methadone use decreased and buprenorphine use increased among Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women with opioid use disorder,...

Apr 12, 2019

FRIDAY, April 12, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has clarified that the new guideline on prescribing opioids for chronic pain is not meant to limit access...

Apr 11, 2019

(This April 10 story refiles to fix scrambled syntax in paragraph five) By Justin George Varghese and Martinne Geller (Reuters) - British drugmaker Indivior...