US overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals
U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades.
Jan 14, 2026
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Heterocyclic Compounds: News and Research on Morphinans
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More surgical patients are on opioid use disorder medications, and hospitals must modernize pain care
As more Americans receive treatment for opioid-use disorder, that progress is increasingly showing up in the operating room, creating an urgent need to modernize how pain is managed during and after major surgery, according ...
Jan 13, 2026
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Inside the battle for the future of addiction medicine
Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who'd been battling addiction for decades. Chronic pain patients on high doses of opioids. Sex workers and people living on the street.
Jan 12, 2026
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Methamphetamine deaths have risen across every US region
Once considered a regional problem, methamphetamine-related overdose deaths have risen across every U.S. Census division, with particularly sharp spikes in the Southeast, including Mississippi, a new study reveals.
Jan 12, 2026
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Pediatrician offers advice on how to talk with a teen about drugs and alcohol
Although most teens don't use drugs or alcohol, some do: Adolescence is a time of exploration and risk-taking, and today's substances—from high-potency cannabis to counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl—are far more dangerous ...
Jan 12, 2026
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Yoga accelerates opioid withdrawal recovery when combined with standard care, study finds
Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high relapse rates. During withdrawal, patients experience severe symptoms, which are partly due to dysregulation ...
Kids with fractures and sprains don't need oral opioids for their pain, researchers find
Kids with broken or sprained limbs don't need oral opioids to treat their pain, according to newly published findings from a cross-Canada study by pediatric emergency researchers. The study is published in JAMA.
Jan 8, 2026
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Longer treatment with medications for opioid use disorder associated with greater probability of survival
A new study of over 32,000 US veterans has found that the longer people stay on medications for opioid use disorder (buprenorphine, methadone, or extended-release naltrexone), the greater the probability of short- and medium-term ...
Jan 8, 2026
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Gene therapy 'switch' may offer non-addictive pain relief
A preclinical study uncovered a new gene therapy that targets pain centers in the brain while eliminating the risk of addiction from narcotics treatments, a breakthrough which could provide hope for the more than 50 million ...
Jan 7, 2026
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Coloradans snap up over-the-counter naloxone while hospitals offer the overdose-reversal drug to more patients
Colorado is coming closer to universal access to overdose-reversing medication as residents snap up an over-the-counter version and hospitals offer it to more patients.
Dec 31, 2025
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