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

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

A fan favorite TLC reality star recently opened up about her struggle with oxycodone addiction. Sister Wives star Christine Brown revealed in her new book that she developed dependency on painkillers ...

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 - ...

“Sister Wives” alum Christine Brown developed an “absolutely devastating” addiction to oxycodone following an injury and subsequent surgery. Brown, 53, detailed her past reliance on the opioid in her ...

The 53-year-old reality star — who appears on the TLC show with her ex-husband Kody Brown and their polygamist family — revealed in her new memoir that she started taking oxycodone in 2016, after ...

ROANOKE, Va. AP - The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin and three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty Thursday to misleading the public about the drug's risk of addiction, a ...

Two of the owners of the company that makes OxyContin acknowledged to a congressional committee on Thursday that the powerful prescription painkiller has played a role in the national opioid crisis ...