Opioids

Ten steps back, one step forward: Meditations on pain, uncertainty, and recovery - opinion

The pain after my recent bowel surgery was devastating. For weeks, nothing seemed to help, even while I was hospitalized and had access to the best drugs.

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A patient addicted to opioids for pain has been successfully treated at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus with an innovative sound-wave technology.

A new Israeli technology used at Rambam Hospital helped free a man from dependence on painkillers

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025.

Five arrested in China-US joint operation targeting drug trafficking

 PROF. PINHAS DANNON, chief psychiatrist of the Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem and a leading expert on opioid addiction.

Finally recognizing the Israeli opioid disaster


Teva agreed to pay Oklahoma $85m to settle opioid claims

Claims against Teva focused on the branded opioid products Actiq and Fentora as well as generic painkillers it produced.

An Israeli flag flutters near the logo of Teva Tech which is part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in Neot Hovav, southern Israel December 14, 2017.

Israel tops OECD in growth of opioid availability

Between 2011-2013 and 2014-2016, obtainability of legal opioids in Israel grew by 125 percent, according the report, titled “Addressing Problematic Opioid Use in OECD Countries.”

Pills medicine medication treatment 300 (R)

MET to turn down Sackler money amid opioid crises

The MET is the most recent museum to make the decision to stop all donations from the family who owns the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma.

Prescription pain pills are dumped out on a table.

London museum rejects donation from Sackler family over opioid crisis

The National Portrait Gallery in London will not accept a donation of $1.3 million from the Sackler family, which owns Purdue Pharma, the company that makes the opioid OxyContin.

Spectators watch performers dressed in traditional lion and dragon costumes take part in the Chinese New Year parade in front of the National Portrait Gallery in central London, Britain

Tel Aviv University in opioid firing line over Sackler donation

Prior to the Sacklers' recent unwanted place in the legal and media spotlight, the Jewish multi-billionaire family was more closely associated with generous philanthropic contributions.

Tel Aviv University campus

'Opium-addicted' parrots terrorize Indian poppy farmers

"These opium-addicted parrots are wreaking havoc," Nandkishore, a local poppy cultivator said to NDTV.

Parrots land on a tree in the morning at Khati Waas village in the northern Indian state of Haryana December 29, 2005

Israeli firm gets U.S. nod for advanced trials for non-opiate painkiller

The studies will focus on post-operative pain relief in soft and hard tissue.

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Israel's own opioid crisis

The opioid epidemic has taken root in the Holy Land.

A NEEDLE used for shooting heroin and other opioids litters the ground in Philadelphia last year. The effect of many opioids can be made stronger through injection

Health Ministry addresses opioid crisis to avert US-level epidemic

Some 50,000 Israelis who are prescribed drug become addicted annually • 150% spike in past five years.

Selling Drugs (illustrative photo)