Opioids

Hospitals Opioid Treatment

Financial incentives improve hospital care for patients with opioid addictions, Penn study finds

Opioid overdoses are killing more Black Philadelphians, but fewer white residents

Philly Black Opioid Deaths

Fentanyl-laced drugs from Philly tied to body dumped at Pottstown Hospital

Pottstown Hospital Morales

Philly health officials warn 'fentanyl is in everything' as meth, PCP overdoses rise

Fentanyl Philly Overdoses

Philly plan for opioid overdose prevention site shot down in federal court reversal

Safehouse Philly Opioids Court

Non-fatal overdoses increasing among children, CDC study finds

Child overdoses CDC

Caron Treatment Centers receives grant funding to help Black families pay for substance use disorder treatment

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Fatal opioid overdoses in young people often involve abuse of multiple drugs

opioid overdose multiple drugs

People with substance use disorder need action plans to mitigate COVID-19 risk, addiction experts say

COVID-19 Addiction

Excessive, high-dose opioids commonly prescribed after knee surgery, Penn study finds

Penn Knees Opioids

Opioid use, especially in large doses, can cause deafness, Rutgers study finds

Opioid use deafness

FDA requires opioid labels to recommend overdose-reversing Narcan

FDA naloxone opioid

Penn Medicine emergency department participating in NIH opioid recovery study

Penn Presbyterian Buprenorphine

Pa. directs $2 million in grants to help people with opioid addictions find jobs

Wolf Opioids Jobs

Long-term use of muscle relaxants on alarming rise, Penn researchers find

Muscle Relaxants Penn

It's time to lower opioid prescription doses in heart surgery patients, Penn researchers say

Opioid use after heart surgery

Obesity increases likelihood of long-term prescription opioid use, researchers find

Obesity linked to long-term opioid prescriptions, according to Boston University researchers

Most American adults should be screened for hepatitis C, health officials say

New U.S. guidelines call for most adults to be screened for hepatitis C

Philly receives piece of $1 million grant for veterans with substance use disorder

Substance Use

Naloxone added to first aid kits at seven Pennsylvania airports, including Philadelphia International Airport

Harrisburg Airport Naxolone Overdose

South Philly building owner pulls plug on Safehouse opioid overdose prevention site

Safehouse canceled

Safehouse's plan to open overdose prevention site in South Philly sparks contentious reaction

Safehouse OPS Site

New Jersey doctor, the self-declared 'El Chapo of Opioids,' admits to writing illegal narcotics prescriptions

Pill Mill Doctor Delagente

Philly takes 'major step forward' in opioid crisis by expanding buprenorphine access

Philly Opioid Crisis Buprenorphine

New Netflix drama 'Painkillers' follows the origins of the opioid crisis

Netflix Painkillers series

Philly outlines safety plan for Safehouse overdose prevention site

OPS Philly Safehouse

Bucks, Montgomery counties receive funding for inmate Suboxone treatment

Bucks Montgomery Suboxone

Local man fighting addiction stigma invited to State of the Union Address

State of the Union Addiction IBX

Bensalem parents facing criminal charges after 9-month-old overdoses on fentanyl

Baby overdoes fentanyl Bensalem

Effort to control opioids in an ER leaves some sickle cell patients in pain

Opioids Sickle Cell Disease

Temple researchers make progress on alternative to opioids for chronic pain treatment

Temple TRPA1

To combat opioid crisis, Gov. Wolf expands college debt repayment program for addiction specialists

Addiction Specialist Pennsylvania College Loan Repayment program

Automotive plant closures linked to spike in opioid deaths, Penn Study finds

Auto Plant Opioids

FDA issues warning letter to Vivitrol makers for excluding serious risks in ad

Vivitrol FDA

Berks County D.A. issues alert after mass overdose, three deaths last weekend

Dauphin Overdoses

Not yesterday's cocaine: Death toll rising from tainted drug

Cocaine Making a Comeback

Deep brain stimulation may offer a new tool to fight opioid addiction

WVU researchers use deep brain stimulation to treat patients with opioid use disorder

Pennsylvania health officials report three-day spike in Dauphin County overdoses

Dauphin opioids

Philadelphia saved billions of dollars with syringe exchange programs, study says

Pennsylvania strikes $48 billion opioid epidemic deal with 5 companies

Opioids Shapiro

Rare fungus found in Tasmania could offer potential opioid alternative, researchers say

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