*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Stephanie Willis struggled with heroin addiction for many years. Now, with the help of a drug called Vivitrol, Stephanie is ...
Between 2002 and 2013, heroin use among women increased at twice the rate of men. This is a story of addiction... and recovery... and relapse. Legions of women are entering rehab to kick opioids and ...
A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...
As a pharmacist for HCMC and Hennepin emergency services, Holly Drone has seen a lot. But when Drone described the pain of opiate withdrawal on patients, she turned to her clients’ and co-workers’ ...