September is National Recovery Month, a time to shine a light on the power of healing and hope for those struggling with ...

A pilot study showed that a small amount of ketamine can reduce or eliminate the withdrawal symptoms associated with quitting fentanyl.

A mobile team offering medication treatment to people with opioid use disorder showed promise in getting patients in ...

MAT combines a medication to ease your opioid cravings and withdrawal symptoms along with behavioral therapy and counseling. When you’re dependent on an opioid, and then reduce the amount you ...

More than 1 million Americans use Medicaid to get addiction treatments like methadone. But as states update their systems, ...

The Everett Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Services Division (EMS) has launched a new pilot programto allow paramedics to administer buprenorphine, to help with opiate withdrawal symptoms.

Lori Montgomery, MD, pain clinician and clinical lead for an opioid tapering study. "The problem is there are limited options to support them, and the withdrawal symptoms can be crippling." ...

The problem is there are limited options to support them, and the withdrawal symptoms can be crippling." Dr. Lori Montgomery, MD '03, pain clinician and clinical lead for an opioid tapering study ...

“I see patients almost every single day who’d like to stop or taper (their opioid) use, don’t need to be taking it but are unable to due to withdrawal symptoms, or they’ve tried to stop in ...

After Georgia passed a law mandating that all high schools must stock Narcan, Mady Cohen wants to take it a step further.

Pregnant opiate-dependent women experience a 6-fold ... in a TB clinic developed mild-to-severe narcotic-withdrawal symptoms when rifampin was added to their therapeutic regimens.