Nausea, sweating, and diarrhea are just some of the possible symptoms of opioid withdrawal. How soon those symptoms start and how long they last can vary by person, but the general opioid withdrawal ...

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

Hospitals have faced mounting pressure in recent years to find better treatments for patients who are in the throes of opioid withdrawal. The challenge of safely managing these patients' symptoms is ...

Many surgeons recommend giving up smoking, alcohol, or drugs before surgery, but researchers have found this may also increase the need for pain medication.

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’ ...

Cannabis Bioscience International Holdings, Inc. (OTCID: CBIH), a public company trading on the OTC Markets under the ticker ...

For decades, opioids have been the blunt instrument of modern pain care, powerful enough to quiet severe suffering yet risky ...

Tianeptine, sold under names like Za Za Red, Tianna, and TD Red, will be illegal in Mississippi starting in July. The drug behaves like an opioid.

Lucinda Grande is a physician and partner at Pioneer Family Practice in Lacey, Washington. Imagine a patient named Rosa tells you she wakes up night after night in a drenching sweat after having very ...

Local officials are alerting the public to a powerful animal sedative tainting Cincinnati’s illicit drug supply.

The estate of an inmate who died in the custody of an Horry County detention center has filed a lawsuit claiming negligence ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are growing concerns about a potentially dangerous substance known commonly as "gas station heroin," an alleged dietary supplement called tianeptine that can mimic an opioid ...