Promising new research suggests one zen activity could cut the time of opioid withdrawal in half — and it can be done just ...

"Opioid withdrawal is notoriously difficult to treat," and these findings suggest that yoga helped patients stabilize from ...

Many surgeons recommend giving up smoking, alcohol, or drugs before surgery, but researchers have found this may also increase the need for pain medication.

Geoffrey Mutebi relapsed after as US funding freeze made it impossible to access the methadone needed to control his heroin addiction - Sophie Neiman On January 25, as the sun rose over a glistening ...

Families ruined by heroin addiction share their stories. — -- Aaron Smith held up a needle he used to shoot heroin. “More or less this is all you need,” the 22-year-old said. It's what he called ...

Heroin addiction can severely impact a person’s life and the lives of their friends and family. A person experiencing heroin addiction may not wish to discuss the fact that they take heroin with ...

Heroin, or opiate, withdrawal is the gold standard of addiction withdrawal. Imagine the worst flu of your life and then imagine knowing that taking a hit of this stuff will make it all better. Think ...

Tianeptine, sold under names like Za Za Red, Tianna, and TD Red, will be illegal in Mississippi starting in July. The drug behaves like an opioid.

Parents are being warned their children could battle “heroin like” withdrawal symptoms as the new social media ban for ...

This is part of a series of stories about the fentanyl crisis in Stanislaus County. The New Hope Recovery House in Modesto used to treat heroin addicts, including people who first got hooked on ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been sworn in as the US health and human services secretary, despite saying a few things that raised eyebrows during his confirmation hearing. One of those things was the ...