Make sure withdrawal symptom management is part of the discussion. Follow your healthcare provider's guidelines for what to ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when fentanyl overdoses surged, doctors were desperate to find ways of helping their patients.

However, opioids are highly addictive drugs that can cause painful and potentially dangerous withdrawal symptoms. The withdrawal timeline ranges from days to weeks after discontinuing use.

NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

Babies going through opioid withdrawal have a distinct way of crying ... down from 19 days under the old protocol. The average cost of a hospital stay for a baby with NAS is $19,655 at Boston ...

Acute opioid withdrawal has been described to me as a feeling worse than death. As those suffering from opioid use disorder are familiar with use of an opioid as a way to ease withdrawal symptoms ...

Objectives Analgesia and sedation are common therapies in pediatric critical care, and rapid titration of these medications is associated with iatrogenic withdrawal syndrome. We performed a ...

as well as to manage cravings and anxiety during the post-withdrawal period. Opioid overdose mortality has surged in recent years, largely due to fentanyl. Drug overdose deaths increased from 2019 ...