During the New Year holidays, I came across a non-fiction contemporaneous book entitled The Empire of Pain by Patrick Ra ...

For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

Preferential MOP agonists such as oxycodone are often required for effective management of moderate to severe pain but come with significant risks of addiction and overdose - ...

Despite the growing prevalence of addiction among seniors, many cases go undetected even in health care settings where older ...