It isn’t an exaggeration to say Pennsylvania’s opioid and fentanyl epidemic is the public health challenge of our time. Across our commonwealth and America, opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to ...

HealthDay News — Among U.S. youth, overdose deaths attributable to synthetic opioids alone are increasingly predominant, according to a study published online May 20 in Pediatrics.

Data: CDC via San Antonio Metropolitan Health District; Chart: Axios Visuals Drug-related deaths in Bexar County have dropped from pandemic-era highs, but are still above 2019 levels, CDC data shows.

Axios Visuals Texas bore an estimated $187.5 billion cost from opioid use disorder in 2024, according to a comprehensive new analysis. Why it matters: Opioid abuse is not only a public health crisis — ...

Older adults with two or more chronic diseases are more likely to use marijuana than people with fewer health issues. Use ...

Self-help groups and medications (buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone) both play important roles in opioid addiction ... substance use disorder treatment programs in the US in the period ...

Six months into the year, health officials say the steep reversal in opioid overdose deaths is cause for celebration. But ...

Children of these parents are more likely to have mental health issues − and ultimately suffer from substance use disorder ...

This is due in part to the use of multimodal analgesic strategies (balancing opioid pain medications with the use of ... days until he or she is down to one tablet every six hours (see chart below).