Mercy Hospital Lebanon is piloting a program that gives opioid use disorder patients medication and a guaranteed virtual ...

Hepatitis C and opioid use disorder are both chronic but treatable conditions. Yet many Americans living with this deadly combination aren’t offered treatment. Imagine going to your doctor with strep ...

Mercy's new program for addressing opioid addiction in the rural Ozarks focuses on supporting patients during the first 72 ...

Desirée Rodriguez, 35, was in a car accident in 2015 that resulted in horrible back pain. Her doctor prescribed the Austin mother of four an opioid to relieve the pain. Rodriguez went from taking one ...

Albany lawmakers must deliver Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk. This is why.

Opiate withdrawal is typically associated with flu-like symptoms that can be severe but improve over time. In rare cases, death is possible when withdrawal leads to extreme dehydration, a dangerous ...

SHARP COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - Since March, the Sharp County Sheriff’s Office has been using a new program to help people affected by opioid addiction. The Opioid Partnership Program is designed for ...

EVERETT, Wash. — The Everett Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Services Division (EMS) has launched a new pilot programto allow paramedics to administer buprenorphine, to help with opiate withdrawal ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 217 people died each day from opioid overdoses in the United ...