Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource examining how opioid tolerance develops and why it plays a significant role in substance use disorder ...

With an estimated 5 million Americans battling opioid use disorder—resulting in tens of thousands of deaths each year—a new ...

Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high ...

Opioid receptors are fantastic targets for treating pain—but unfortunately, the drugs that target them can be addictive. Because the molecules suppress breathing and heart function, those drugs can ...

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

Scientists are racing to redesign how powerful painkillers work, aiming to keep the relief that opioids provide while ...

Opioids should be administered by properly trained individual (s) and patient should be continuously monitored in a setting equipped and staffed for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Patients with a ...

"In humans, it is probably 60 times stronger than morphine," one expert says. A deadly and potent opioid, nicknamed "ISO," first hit the illicit drug market in the United States last year, and since ...

Lifesaving or wasteful? Opinion is divided on the ways local communities are using opioid settlement funds. Survivors of the ...