In a new study, opioid addicts experienced structural and functional changes in specific regions of their brains. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News "This is your brain on drugs," the old anti-drug ...

This post is co-authored by Khary Rigg, Ph.D., and Malika Rigg, Au.D. The potential consequences of misusing opioids are well documented. Reports of opioid addiction and overdose are found throughout ...

Peter Mougey, a lead plaintiffs attorney in the opioid multidistrict litigation, said of Suboxone patients: "Their teeth are falling out of their mouths." Six years after suing pharmaceutical firms ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - A new joint program is looking to find the root cause of addiction here in Horry County. Myrtle Beach, Horry County and the City of Conway are all partnering for the Opioid ...

Thirty years ago, I started tutoring teenagers in Concord. Today, Parker Academy serves students from across New Hampshire, and I’ve had the privilege of getting to know thousands of families along ...

Prescriptions of tapentadol have surged in the last five years - The Examination After years of misery, Brad Liefvoort managed to beat his addiction to oxycodone. In 2018, he and his wife, Linda ...

The last time singer, songwriter and activist Melissa Etheridge heard her son’s voice, he said, “I’m sick. Mom, it’s fentanyl.” According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, there were ...

A 40-year-old man arrives in my hospital’s emergency department, blue from not breathing. It takes several rounds of medication and ventilators to save his life. That same day on the medical wards, an ...

"There is a risk." Official issues urgent warning about hidden opioids in common product marketed toward children: 'We need ...

Homelessness is primarily caused by unaffordable housing, not addiction or mental illness, and is exacerbated by a lack of safety nets and the collapse of low-cost rentals.