Jan. 14 -- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Reduced dosages of dopamine agonists, drugs routinely used to treat Parkinson's disease, can cause symptoms similar to those experienced by addicts in ...

McCormick said in a press conference Thursday that he was concerned nitazenes “would become the next fentanyl,” the opioid behind a massive rise in overdose deaths across the U.S.

WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab Clearwater has released a new online resource titled “Understanding the Signs of Vicodin ...

A March 17, 2025, article in the New York Times (updated March 24) by Ellen Barry worried me and should be read by all with an interest in mental health care. The article on Laura Delano’s national ...

Kratom and its more potent alkaloid, 7-OH, are facing a potential federal ban and have already been outlawed in several states. While used for pain relief and to ease drug withdrawal, officials are ...

A common drug used for inflammatory skin conditions may hold the key to treating both alcohol addiction and pain sensitivity. That’s what scientists at a leading research institute have found. In a ...

Although prescription rates for SSRIs and other psychiatric drugs are high worldwide, for periods longer than official guidelines recommend, reliable knowledge about how to take people off them safely ...

Substance withdrawal is the process the body goes through after discontinuing or reducing the amount of an addictive substance (e.g., nicotine, alcohol, opiates, and other drugs). Withdrawal symptoms ...

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis County jail's inadequate medical system left a man suffering from drug withdrawal for hours, exacerbating a heart condition that ultimately killed him, according to a lawsuit ...

A Manitoba provincial court judge says the Winnipeg Remand Centre should address lack of medical oversight and “clear and persistent” nurse understaffing in a new inquest report into a man’s drug ...