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Researchers say chronic pain patients can feel suicidal or risk overdose when taken off medication too quickly. The warnings seek to course-correct after doctors felt pressured to taper drugs rapidly.
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The bankruptcy follows the Sackler family, which owns Purdue, agreeing to surrender control of the company and offering $3 billion in cash to opioid-hit communities.
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Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and other health care giants are discussing potential deals with authorities that could resolve thousands of lawsuits they're facing over the U.S. opioid epidemic.
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Provisional overdose data for 2018 show a note of hope in an overall bleak picture. But in some states, the numbers actually got worse. What explains the disparities?
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More Calls For Legal Action Against Opioids While Scott "Continues To Look At All Different Options"While Gov. Rick Scott isn't committing to using courts in the battle against Florida's opioid crisis, a state senator from Miami and a Palm Beach…
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Florida is enacting tough new penalties on dealers of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.Gov. Rick Scott was in West Palm Beach Tuesday for a ceremonial…
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Of the three medications that treat opioid addiction, one got more attention in the Florida Legislature this year.