Nitazenes were developed as a powerful class of painkiller in the 1950s, but they were abandoned – until now.

It takes forever to get drugs on the market. AI could help speed up the process.

Past public ire over high drug prices has recently taken a back seat to a more insidious problem – no drugs at any price.

People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for COVID-19 had a 40 percent lower risk of getting long COVID, a US-based study said Friday.

"Truth serum" comes in several forms, including sodium pentothal. Find out how the drugs work to make it more difficult — but not impossible — to lie.

New research published in the journal Psychopharmacology explored the occurrence of flashback phenomena — drug-like effects that spontaneously recur following hallucinogen exposure. The results from six placebo-controlled studies revealed that flashback phenomena occurred for up to 9.2% of participants after LSD or psilocybin exposure.

US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs at cost to 45 low-income countries.

An experimental pain drug that may offer an alternative to opioids has shown promise in two small clinical trials for acute pain, its developer announced today.

Euphoria has led to a rise in young people seeking help for addiction problems, according to the UK Addiction Treatment Group (UKAT). The HBO series wrapped up its second season last night (February 27), and throughout its run one of the main themes has been drug addiction, particularly shown through the perspective of Rue Bennett (Zendaya).

United States navy vessels seized 849 pounds of heroin in the Arabian Sea worth some $4 million, in a major bust by the international maritime operation.

New York City became the first city in the country to allow supervised drug use sites where people can use illegal drugs without threat of arrest, under the watch of trained staff, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.

As Democrats struggle to bring together 50 votes to pass the Build Back Better Act, a major sticking point with the legislation has emerged. That is, whether it should include provisions changing the law to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices...

A trial of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company said on Friday.

Thousands worldwide have taken ivermectin to fight Covid. But what's the evidence?

From willow bark to mosquitoes, nature has been a source of vital medications for centuries. But species die-off caused by human activity is putting this at risk

Common medications can accumulate in gut bacteria, a new study has found, altering bacterial function and potentially reducing the effectiveness of the drug.

Early administration of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin didn't significantly shorten time to clinical improvement in 400 adults mildly ill with COVID-19, a clinical trial today in JAMA finds.

TheraPsil has sent a 165-page proposal to Health Canada outlining regulations for so-called magic mushrooms based on the same ones the federal government first created 20 years ago for medicinal cannabis.