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 ...

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 ...

Withdrawal symptoms occur when drug use is abruptly ... For example, many people are medically treated with opioid painkillers for a period of time and easily discontinue medication when pain ...

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 ...

Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.

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