The signs of opioid use disorder may be subtle. Some experts emphasize the “four C’s”: compulsion, control, craving, consequences. Compulsion may look like someone saying that they want to stop taking ...

Its approval comes as the US remains in the grip of an opioid epidemic, with tens of thousands of lives being claimed every year as a result of opioid overdosing, although, there had been signs of ...

Commonly abused substances, like opioids, alcohol, cocaine, and nicotine, disrupt brain circuits, resulting in addiction. Substance abuse often leads to health issues such as organ damage, mental ...

For patients with psychiatric conditions from addiction to mood disorders such as depression, disrupted sleep can often ...

Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department (ED) were associated with small increases in later opioid prescriptions and ...

Despite an increase in the use of medication for opioid use disorder in older adults from 2017 to 2022, disparities persist; ...

More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...

With opioid prescriptions plummeting and no more pharma companies to sue, America's drug warriors are running out of bogeymen ...

An online-based mindfulness treatment program significantly reduced opioid craving among participants with opioid use disorder results from a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open ...

In a recent study, majority non-White communities had at least 40 percent lower mean adjusted per-capita distribution than majority White communities.

The number of New Yorkers prescribed a key medication for opioid use disorder increased 7% during the pandemic as health providers battled against skyrocketing drug overdose deaths, a state report ...