
Opioids for Post-Covid Syndrome?
Researchers at the University of Washington are sounding an alarm about the excessive use of opioid drugs to treat the discomfort sometimes experienced by patients

Researchers at the University of Washington are sounding an alarm about the excessive use of opioid drugs to treat the discomfort sometimes experienced by patients

Naloxone is a drug widely used to treat people suffering an opioid overdose. There is no question it’s a lifesaver. Trouble is – as street

Have you ever been to the dentist to have a tooth pulled or a root canal procedure and received a prescription for opioids to manage

Addiction experts are now confirming what anecdotal evidence has long suggested. COVID-19 has produced the most significant spike in deadly drug overdoses in decades. From

It used to be that illicit drug sales occurred on the street – involving a physical transaction between a buyer and a seller. And yes

Does the age at which one first experiments with a drug influence whether one develops an addiction to that drug? That’s a question researchers at

As cases of opioid abuse disorder continue to climb in the U.S., researchers at Penn State and Syracuse University have made a discovery. Unmarried young

Buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone are all drugs used to treat those addicted to opioids. Each helps relieve the opioid cravings so common during recovery while

A recent report in the journal Family Medicine & Community Health suggests that teens and young adults are abusing stimulants and tranquilizers at a troubling

It’s long been feared that treating patients addicted to opioids with buprenorphine while those patients were also using various benzodiazepines (i.e., sedating drugs such as