But buprenorphine’s strength as a treatment is also a weakness. Buprenorphine is an opioid. Like methadone, the tightly ...

you’re likely to get withdrawal symptoms such as: If you have an opioid (also called a narcotic) addiction, you know that a list of these symptoms doesn't capture the agony of going through them.

If you have a history of opioid abuse ... In addition to withdrawal and overdose symptoms, addiction to opiates and opioids can lead to other things that may need emergency treatment.

Discrepancy between individuals’ and governments’ compensations highlights a sense of injustice felt by people directly ...

As the opioid crisis continues, the number of babies born with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)—a condition that ...

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’ ...

UPMC has created a blueprint for treating patients experiencing gruesome side effects from drugs laced with xylazine.

Last week, the Trump administration released a five-step plan to address the country’s opioid addiction crisis. The administration’s new drug czar’s plan focuses largely on attempts to ...

A unique two-person team at MultiCare is making a difference for patients struggling with opioid addiction by combining ...

Opioids have been used as painkillers for centuries, but the tendency for addiction and ... FDA approved the first non-opioid treatment for the management of opioid withdrawal symptoms in 2018.

The AI-based method was just as effective as a health provider-only approach in initiating addiction specialist consultations and recommending monitoring of opioid withdrawal. Compared to patients ...

STAT is examining how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications — methadone and buprenorphine — to people with opioid addiction. Barely one-fifth of the roughly 2.5 million Americans with opioid ...