Naltrexone (referred to as the "Ozempic of alcohol") is a drug that can help reduce alcohol and opioid cravings for people ...

In 2005, Bernalillo County implemented a program that allowed people to get treatment for opioid use disorder while ...

Receipt of methadone for opioid use disorder is associated with a lower risk for treatment discontinuation compared with ...

New research shows that Ozempic and similar drugs reduce opioid overdoses by 40% and alcohol intoxication by 50% in people ...

Ozempic is one of several medications, called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists or GLP-1 RAs, that are prescribed to ...

The weight-loss drugs are linked with reduced rates of excess drinking and opioid overdoses, suggesting they may tamp down ...

A new study reveals that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1), which include weight loss and diabetes meds ...

Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) had a lower risk of discontinuing methadone compared with buprenorphine/naloxone, and ...

Coupling short-acting opioids to reduce pain and misery with low-doses of buprenorphine, which mitigates cravings, has ...

Researchers analyzed 1.3 million health records and found Ozempic, Mounjaro could lower rates of drug and alcohol overdoses.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced that Kentucky has received a $37.2 million, three-year federal grant from Substance Abuse and ...

Fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid, has emerged as a primary driver of the ongoing overdose epidemic, and it is ...