The Latest Breaking News from Opioids

Earlier this year, the NHS announced that it had cut opioid prescriptions by almost half a million in four years. But opioids aren’t just available on prescription in the UK. They can be bought over the counter at pharmacies in the form of co-codamol – pills that contain codeine and…

Scientists are looking into ways to create safer opioid drugs that avoid dangerous side effects that can lead to overdoses.

Nearly a third of patients on treatment programme were able to come off opioids entirely within a year

Opvee is similar to naloxone, the life-saving drug that has been used for decades to quickly counter overdoses of heroin, fentanyl and prescription painkillers.

U.S. health regulators have approved a new nasal spray to reverse overdoses due to fentanyl and other powerful opioids

More Americans believe access to guns is the number one public health concern over opioids or fentanyl

University is latest body to distance itself from sponsorship by owners of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyContin

Police yesterday revealed they are looking into 19 suspects after a damning report found hundreds of patients at Gosport War Memorial Hospital had their lives shortened through the use of opioids

A news study warns that people diagnosed with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions are ‘vulnerable’ to long-term use of strong pain relief.