Stories on Opioids

  1. Pills and prescription bottles. Image courtesy: U-M Poverty Solutions

    New Michigan landscape map highlights counties affected hardest by opioid epidemic

  2. Closeup pharmacist hand holding medicine box in pharmacy drugstore. Image credit: MJ Prototype, iStock

    Lifesaving addiction medications are rarely started following opioid overdose emergencies

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    U-M partners with Zingerman’s to expand access to naloxone

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    U-M, MSU, WSU partner with state of Michigan to coordinate opioid settlement strategy

  5. Opioid Research Institute U-M is focused on taking Action to Save Lives by addressing the opioid epidemic in Michigan and across the U.S. through Collaboration with communities and policymakers, and using Evidence-based Strategies.

    U-M launches new transdisciplinary institute to support, catalyze opioid research

  6. Narcan product image. Image credit: VCU Capital News Service, Flickr

    FDA approves OTC naloxone

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    Will FDA recommendation to make naloxone available OTC curb overdose deaths?

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    AI could help patients with chronic pain avoid opioids

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    High school athletes in contact sports more likely to misuse prescription stimulants throughout their 20s

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    Majority of adolescents with severe substance use disorder don’t grow out of it

  11. Prescription drug misuse later in life greatly increases risk for substance use disorder

  12. Young woman refusing various illicit substances. Image credit: iStock

    Teen use of illicit drugs decreased in 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued

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    Treating dental pain with opioids linked to higher risk of overdose in patients, family members

  14. Illustration of naltrexone molecule. Image credit: iStock

    New hope for treating chronic pain without opioids

  15. From pills to powder: 1 in 3 high school seniors who misused prescription opioids later used heroin

  16. Pill bottles and a face mask. Image credit: iStock

    COVID poses hardships for people with substance abuse problems

  17. Howard Winchel: “It was time to make some changes.” Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    The nature of pain: Approach brings relief without opioids

  18. Oxycodone opioid tablets with prescription bottles. Image credit: iStock

    Parents: Turkey makes great leftovers—opioids do not

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    U-M, MDHHS launch one-stop website to guide safe pain treatment across Michigan and beyond

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    US-born residents more than five times likely to use prescription opioids than new immigrants