The vast majority of all overdose deaths in Tri-Cities are related to fentanyl or a combination of fentanyl and another drug.

Travis Eskridge of Grosse Pointe Park, who was a nurse at a Detroit hospital, faces five counts in an indictment in U.S.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that a pharmaceutical company is removing a fentanyl patch from ...

Nearly 22,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized at US borders during the 2024 fiscal year, according to data from the US Customs ...

Alvogen has issued a nationwide recall of one lot of Fentanyl Transdermal System 25 patches because the patches may stick ...

while patches help treat persistent pain in patients that may have become tolerant to other treatments. It can also be administered through a lozenge. But fentanyl has become the most common drug ...

The Iowa Board of Nursing has suspended the license of a care facility nurse charged with stealing patients’ pain medications ...

The opioid crisis in 2023, amid the Biden administration, cost the U.S. $2.7 trillion, according to a Council of Economic ...

Federal officials allege Eskridge tampered with vials of fentanyl in Ascension St. John Hospital's emergency room where he worked as a registered nurse. Fentanyl is a narcotic pain reliever.