Opioids

The nation’s opioid crisis is threatening to undo decades of HIV prevention work, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said…

The St. Louis-based agencies coordinating Missouri’s federal grant to prevent opioid overdose deaths are training their first batch of first responders…

Police departments, recreation centers and a handful of grocery stores will accept and dispose of unused medications in the St. Louis region as part of a…

SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond Heights has a new facility dedicated to caring for pregnant women addicted to heroin and other opioids.The…

Federal dollars for the prevention of overdose deaths caused by opioids such as heroin and prescription painkillers are being sent to St. Louis area…

Updated at 4:16 p.m. Sept. 2 with information from pharmacies — According to a spokesperson with the state department that oversees the Missouri Board of…

St. Louis County could receive federal funds to establish a regional prescription drug monitoring database, under a new law passed by Congress that…

In U.S. medical schools, a total of nine hours is required in pain management training for doctors. That’s 0.3% of total time in medical school and, to…

Gov. Jay Nixon has signed into law legislation to expand access to medication to combat some drug overdoses. Naloxone hydrochloride, also known by the…

The U.S. senators representing Missouri and Illinois are playing an active role in congressional efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.Roy Blunt, R-Mo.,…