Federal officials promised on Tuesday to crack down on a potent semisynthetic opioid found in convenience store gummies, ...

Recovery from opiate addiction is not an easy path. For those attempting to stop, withdrawal symptoms can feel like a ...

Dangerous products are marketed as “kratom extract” or “enhanced kratom” and often disguised as candies, gummies and even ice ...

After they changed the protocol and asked all prescription opioid users about symptoms the estimate of people with opioid use disorder jumped from 1.4 million in 2019 to 4.8 million in 2021; by ...

Short-acting opioid withdrawal typically begins within 8 to 24 hours of final use, and the acute or most intense symptoms last between 4 and 10 days.

Addiction is generally understood as a severe for of substance use disorder. Learn what distinguishes them and where to go to ...

South Carolina receives $14 million to enhance opioid addiction treatment, including buprenorphine and methadone access.

A psychedelic drug that comes from the iboga shrub in Central Africa is among those decriminalized by Colorado voters in 2022 ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally requested for a popular kratom derivative to be classified as a controlled ...

Signs and symptoms of dependence and opioid use disorder: 29.6%, nearly 1 in 3 patients. Aberrant behavior: 22%, more than 1 in 5 patients.

In addition, nearly 30% of people taking opioids for chronic pain developed signs or symptoms indicating either dependence or addiction -- cravings, increasing tolerance or withdrawal, for example, ...

There is a black market for buprenorphin, an approved drug for opioid addiction. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Months in prison didn’t rid Daryl of his addiction to opioids. “Before I ...