While pill mills, overdose, and irresponsible prescribing were real concerns, the response hardened into an overgeneralized ...
As the toxic drug crisis continues to plague communities across northwestern Ontario, First Nations are training community members in best practices for working with those experiencing addiction. Here ...
Discover the profound impact of opioids on your brain. In this eye-opening video, neuropharmacologist Lauren Purington delves into the intricate effects of opioids on the human brain and body. From ...
Scientists trained mice to experience placebo pain relief, then traced the effect to a brain circuit that releases the body’s ...
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Science Board met Tuesday to discuss pain management and opioid abuse, offering a number of ways to address a topic that’s caught the attention of Congress ...
The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed opioid medications is associated with a pattern of escalating opioid intake, ...
Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of ...
Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly ...
DENVER — A weight-loss drug used to treat obesity and diabetes has shown promise to treat another disorder: opioid addiction. Early results from a small clinical trial, presented February 17 at the ...
Emergency department visit rates because of an opioid overdose increased by 28.5 percent across the U.S. in 2020, compared to 2018 and 2019, recent research finds. Emergency department visit rates ...
Opioids appear to be the primary substance behind an overdose spike in Wichita, according to scene and emergency department ...
In the face of the deadliest epidemic in the history of the U.S., a local university is taking a step toward a local solution. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is ...