U.S. prisons are experimenting with a high-priced monthly injection that could help addicted inmates stay off opioids after they are released, but skeptics question its effectiveness and say the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The packaging of Vivitrol is seen at an addiction treatment center in Joliet, Ill. (Photo: Carla K. Johnson) Michael Prather, 55, ...

Alkermes' plant in Wilmington, Ohio, where it manufactures opioid antagonist Vivitrol, was the site of HHS Secretary Tom Price's visit that kicked off media attention and later criticism. () The ...

An injectable medicine that helps people addicted to opioids get clean is gaining in popularity as an alternative to methadone, and Long Islanders who used it say it stopped their opioid cravings and ...

Vivitrol, used to treat opioid dependence, prioritizes the fantasy of being drug-free over the proven benefits of treatment with methadone or buprenorphine. The investigations revealed how Alkermes ...

A young man from an affluent Long Island community who was injured in a crash while away at college was prescribed Vicodin for the pain — a story that epitomizes the national opioid epidemic. “Right ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday chastised the pharmaceutical company Alkermes for “misbranding” Vivitrol, its controversial treatment for opioid addiction, saying the ...

On Vivitrol, Gabriel wore a dog tag in case he got in an accident and couldn’t communicate; a regular narcotic in an ER would have no effect. Photo: Graham MacIndoe/New York Magazine What Comes After ...

Monday - Friday, 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer spoke to Alkermes CEO Richard Pops, who said 2018 will be a year of milestones for his company's drugs. Pops said that the best days for ...

DENVER (CBS4) - There is now a Food and Drug Administration-approved, monthly injection to treat addiction to alcohol, heroin and prescription pain pills. It's called Vivitrol. They prescribe it at ...

Addiction specialists caution against reading too much into a new study released this week that compares two popular medications for opioid addiction. This much-anticipated research is the largest ...

Stinging investigations by the New York Times, National Public Radio, ProPublica, and others have recently exposed how the drug maker Alkermes is promoting Vivitrol — a long-acting injection that ...