Patients with fibromyalgia got no more pain relief from low-dose naltrexone than from placebo in a randomized trial, researchers said, dashing hopes that the opioid receptor antagonist might succeed ...

Addressing overdoses from “street drugs” containing potent synthetic opioids poses a key challenge when utilizing opioid antagonists. A standard approach to known or suspected opioid overdose includes ...

New York recently enacted legislation that will soon require employers that are federally mandated to maintain workplace first aid supplies to include an opioid antagonist, such as Naloxone or Narcan.

Researchers in Japan have developed a new type of painkiller that may one day offer strong pain relief without the dangerous risks linked to opioid drugs such as morphine and fentanyl. The new ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: New York law now requires employers that are federally required to maintain first‑aid supplies to have an opioid antagonist available at the workplace. Amendments signed in February ...

Employing a nurse care manager to work with patients who have an opioid addiction and prescribing partial or full opioid agonists can help more people enter treatment in primary care settings, ...