Sleep quality is a significant concern for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), as many ... A study found that participants had irregular sleep patterns and a high incidence of central ...

I just burst into tears, and I told her that I don’t want to do this anymore. And I keep trying to stop, I don’t know how to stop. And ...

“Pharmacists are expected to use their professional judgment ... fentanyl is that it also effectively changes breathing patterns, bypassing the opioid receptors that exist in the brainstem.

Addiction doesn’t develop overnight; over time, the repeated use of psychoactive drugs reprograms ... buprenorphine can significantly help opioid users quit. A partial opioid agonist ...

Around 2.5 million adults in the United States live with OUD, and more than 81,000 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred in 2023 alone. Understanding how addiction affects the brain is a crucial ...

They frequently felt stigmatised, were not always ‘on the same page’ as their healthcare professional and felt changes in opioid use were often challenging ... data about each study (see table 1).

Aquestive successfully completed a pre-Investigational New Drug meeting with the FDA in December 2024. The written response received from the FDA was supportive of continued development and Aquestive ...

Spending five or ten minutes deep-breathing ... no use of chemical agents—yet it has power to change brain function. Specific lifestyle changes can similarly alter brain reactivity patterns ...

Sometimes, a bull’s-eye pattern ... that you use the RICE technique. Pain relief: You may be given a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication (NSAID) such as ibuprofen or naproxen. Very severe pain ...

A new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found no changes in opioid outcomes among the general ...