GLP-1s

A recent press release from Heron Therapeutics announced their progress in pain management.

A study published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety examined self-reported misuse of prescribed opioid medications in the U.S. general population.

UC San Diego Health has rolled out various initiatives to limit opioid prescriptions and boost access to addiction treatment across its system.

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.