The New York State health department is underscoring the importance of addiction medication in ending the opioid crisis.

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

Virginia Tech researchers surveyed 350 people and found painkillers followed by opioids like fentanyl required the most ...

Cannabis dabbing, an increasingly popular way to consume highly concentrated THC, has been linked to pulmonary and neurologic ...

A study on rats found that administering 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine before giving them an opportunity to take heroin ...

A man was charged with a pair of drug-related offenses after Worcester Police witnessed an apparent drug deal.

In individuals whose symptoms are difficult to control, a starting point can be a combination of morphine or oxycodone with ... episodes stabilize, trial withdrawal of medications is recommended ...

Specific pharmaceutical agents, notably buprenorphine, are available to counter the symptoms of withdrawal from opioids, such as heroin, oxycodone, and fentanyl. Many experts believe that ...

Public health experts have concerns about the opioid reversal agent Opvee. But the company that makes it, Indivior, has found ...

One opioid survivor, Betts Tully, was prescribed OxyContin in 2001 after two back operations ... When she stopped taking the pills, withdrawal symptoms made her feel even worse. Because the drugs ...

Oxycodone might work better ... For instance, methadone is a less-addictive drug that’s used to treat opioid withdrawal symptoms—but by law it can only be administered in licensed treatment facilities ...

Narcan nasal spray can save someone who is overdosing on an opioid such as oxycodone ... cravings, and withdrawal symptoms caused by fentanyl. It lowers the chances someone will misuse opiates ...