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U.S. children and adolescents are increasingly dying from opioid overdoses, according to a study published on JAMA Network.

Taking long-term opioid users off their prescription painkillers may be harmful, international health experts write in a letter published in Oxford Academic Pain Medicine.

Chronic pain patients don't fare much better taking opioids to manage their pain than they do by  taking placebos, a study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association found.

Daily medication prescribed for opioid use disorder is more cost-effective than monthly injections to treat the disorder, a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found.

Women who fill opioid prescriptions for pain early in the postpartum period have a higher risk of developing persistent use patterns, according to a research letter published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

A team of scientists and researchers at Springfield, Mo..-based Jordan Valley Innovation Center and  Missouri State are testing a device that could develop into a nonopioid pain relief treatment, according to KY 3.

Burlington, Vt.-based Howard Center has expanded  its needle-exchange program to include doses of buprenorphine, according to Vox.

San Diego-based Scripps Health reduced its opioid prescriptions by 25 percent in the first year of its Opioid Stewardship Program, according to Patch.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has launched a surgical redesign program to improve pain management and reduce patient opioid use.

Philadelphia's spike in opioid overdoses has contributed to an increase in organ donations, according to CBS Philly.