NEW illicit substances that risk “life‑threatening poisoning” are being discovered every week in Europe, its drugs watchdog ...

The Government is to ban synthetic opioids in a step to prevent further deaths from drugs, with 11 more lethal substances to be made Class A drugs. None of the drugs have been licensed for medical use ...

The increase in the manufacture and use of highly-addictive synthetic opioids is a global challenge. The EU is taking action to curb this global affliction on society. Opioids are a class of drugs ...

Low-cost intervention reduces GP prescribing of opioid medicines If adopted across the UK, it could result in 400,000+ fewer people taking opioid medicines A campaign that urged GPs to ‘think-twice’ ...

Natural opioids, or opiates, are a class of pain relief medications that derive from the opium poppy. They help relieve painful sensations by preventing pain signals from the body to the brain.

Between 2011 and 2022 the number of opioid-related deaths in England and Wales was more than 50% higher than figures given by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), according to a new report from ...

Opioids are a class of medication that doctors may prescribe to treat severe or persistent pain. However, opioids that people may use illegally, such as heroin, also exist. However, people do not ...

Opioid prescription rates in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) remained stable in the UK from 2001 to 2020 but declined in the US after 2016. TNF inhibitor prescriptions increased in the ...