Opioids are among the most powerful, if not the most powerful, pain medications ever known, but for many years they have been ...

You may have heard of the painkiller OxyContin and wonder about its pros and cons. To help you better weigh its benefits and ...

Cosby appeared stunned and repeatedly said, “Oh my God,” before Robert Jr. further told her that he also had a problem with the addictive painkiller, OxyContin. “You know the regular ...

Under the settlement, the Sackler family, whose company introduced OxyContin in 1996, will pay varying multimillion-dolllar amounts to each state for opioid addiction prevention, treatment and ...

The Sackler family behind Purdue Pharma knew that their painkiller OxyContin was causing overdoses, yet continued to cash in as deaths mounted, the Massachusetts attorney general alleges in court ...

The maker of OxyContin painkillers has reached an $8.3bn (£6.3bn) settlement and agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges to resolve a probe of its role in fuelling America's opioid crisis.

The consulting firm was under investigation for its work with Purdue Pharma, which aimed to boost sales of the addictive Oxycontin painkiller. McKinsey maintained that its past work was "lawful ...

The new Netflix series "Painkiller" offers a fictionalized retelling of the rise of the powerful opioid OxyContin, depicting the real-life characters involved in manufacturer Purdue Pharma's rapid ...