About 82,000 overdose deaths were reported. The leading factor? A falling number of fatalities involving synthetic opioids, a drug class in which bootleg fentanyl is the big killer. Those numbers are ...

UF scientists have developed a compound that safely activates delta opioid receptors, offering pain relief without ...

Fentanyl and other opioids have fueled the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. In recent years, fatal overdose numbers have become defined by illicit fentanyl, an extremely lethal synthetic opioid ...

The availability of suzetrigine may represent a critical step in addressing the nation’s pain management crisis. While ...