QUESTION: Are there alternatives to Oxycodone that people can ask for post-surgery? Or should they stay away from the stronger medications altogether?

A man was arrested on Tuesday after demanding opioids from Walgreens staff during an armed robbery in Iredell County last ...

Euguene Evans, MD, was arrested in January writing fraudulent prescriptions for individuals he never treated or examined in a conspiracy with a drug dealer to distribute thousands of high-dose ...

In the lawsuit filed last week in federal court, acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith said Joan Rubinger traveled the ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a new drug called suzetrigine that it says is nonaddictive and would offer an alternative to painkillers such as oxycodone. The company’s application is pending before the ...

Although, preclinical data suggest that the behavioral expression of opioid use is similar between male and female rodents, we do not have conclusive results on sex differences on craving and relapse ...

If you have recently visited your doctor for pain management and were surprised when they did not prescribe opioids, you are ...

A former doctor from Kanawha County was sentenced for unlawful distribution of oxycodone. According to a press release, ...

A former South Charleston psychiatrist was sentenced to three years incarceration by a federal judge Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, ...

A former South Charleston physician has been sentenced to prison after prescribing opiates and other drugs to several ...

A Russian man formerly of West Virginia was sentenced on Wednesday for the unlawful distribution of oxycodone, according to ...