The Latest Breaking News from Opioids

The EU says new harmful illicit drugs are inundating a flourishing market for traffickers amid violence and corruption hurting local communities across Europe

The UK has the highest rate of opiate-related fatalities in Europe

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.

A federal court ruling has cleared the way for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to settle thousands of legal claims over the toll of opioids

Opioid drugs such as morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: The kindly face delivers pain relief to millions of sufferers, while the grim face drives an opioid abuse and overdose crisis that claimed nearly 70,000 lives in the U.S. in 2020 alone.

Miriam Stoppard says that opioids such as morphine and fentanyl are the gold standard for short-term pain relief but they’re too addictive for long-term use - now, a new Botox can change everything

Data suggests there are one million people at risk from longer-term continuous opioid prescriptions.

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