Knowing who will benefit from early intervention for chronic pain after an injury or surgery may be as simple as a short 2-question survey.

A new sensor can detect cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl, even when they are combined with other drugs or additives like sugar and caffeine.

Russia's invasion has shuttered opioid treatment programs since 2014. New research shows the challenges Ukrainians have faced in getting care.

"If you want to make progress fighting the opioid epidemic, tackling homelessness is one route to do that."

Researchers have taken a key step forward to a new, non-opioid approach to treating neuropathic pain.

"Beyond the harms of opioids that we are more aware of, there are others we are still uncovering."

Opioid prescriptions from surgeons still average 44 pills, suggesting efforts to right-size prescribing are still necessary.

The stigma and shame opioid-dependent mothers may feel can affect the health care their infants receive, researchers report.

Legal action against Purdue Pharma resulted in greater marketing spending to promote opioids among its competitors, a study finds.

A new study suggests a need to reevaluate opioid addiction treatment recommendations in the era of fentanyl.