Study finds widely prescribed opioid painkiller tramadol shows limited effectiveness for chronic pain while increasing risk ...

Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their ...

Researchers reported that opioid-related pregnancy diagnoses has increased from 0.14 percent in 2008 to 0.33 percent in 2020.

Women taking opioids during pregnancy were up to twice as likely to have complications during delivery, and 71% more likely ...

Tramadol is widely prescribed for chronic pain, but a new review suggests the relief is modest and the risks may be greater than many realize.

Although the popular opioid, tramadol, may reduce chronic pain, it also significantly increases risk of serious side effects ...

For decades, opioids have been the blunt instrument of modern pain care, powerful enough to quiet severe suffering yet risky ...

A young man approached a card table set up under the Green Line tracks on the city’s West Side and asked the woman behind it ...

As opioid pain medications continue being prescribed for chronic and severe pain, understanding their risks becomes increasingly crucial. While these pills may offer temporary relief, their potential ...

Older people with chronic pain expressed views about opioid use that often sharply differed from those of primary care doctors, an interview-based study indicated. When asked about the risks ...

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana University is taking a proactive stance against the opioid epidemic by installing emergency naloxone ...