Withdrawal symptoms from opioids can be very uncomfortable but are rarely life-threatening. This article will discuss opioid withdrawal symptoms, signs of opioid use disorder (OUD ...

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...

As opioid pain medications continue being prescribed for chronic and severe pain, understanding their risks becomes ...

Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway has introduced a bill requiring medical first responders to carry buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid withdrawal symptoms. Conway explains that ...

A partial opioid agonist, buprenorphine occupies opioid receptors in the brain, reducing drug cravings and preventing withdrawal symptoms. It is often used in conjunction with the opioid ...

As those suffering from opioid use disorder are familiar with use of an opioid as a way to ease withdrawal symptoms, these higher-dose naloxone formulations expose more people to the hard choice ...

A University of the Pacific team has developed a single-dose injection to counter the effects of fentanyl and other opioid ...

What Mark Conway says is groundbreaking and lifesaving, the mayor’s office says is irresponsible and simplistic.