The current neurobiologic framework for understanding addiction rests upon the nearly ubiquitous manifestation of dopamine surges within the mesolimbic system of the brain, including nucleus accumbens ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...

Oxycodone oral tablet is available as brand-name drugs and as a generic drug. Brand names: Oxaydo, Roxicodone, OxyContin. Oxycodone comes in five forms: immediate-release tablet, extended-release ...

A Great Neck doctor has been convicted of selling patients oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription opioid, for cash out of her office. A jury found Dr. Roya Jafari-Hassad guilty of illegal ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (WRIC) — An elderly Virginia doctor has been indicted on 21 counts of illegally distributing oxycodone as part of a massive conspiracy with her office manager that lasted a decade. Dr.

(WXYZ) — Sterling Heights police arrested a man they say was selling fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone, imprinted with the 'M30' label. Police say the ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the Justice Department’s inspector general found that, despite growing evidence that opioids were being overprescribed and abused, the Drug Enforcement Administration ...