Opioid withdrawal syndrome is a serious condition that arises from dependence on opioids Heres a guide to easing opiate ...

FDA officials also called for federal scheduling of the substance due to its risks, distinguishing it from the natural kratom plant.

The FDA is recommending the government move 7-OH to Schedule I, alongside other drugs like heroin and cocaine. 7-OH can bind to opioid receptors, and can lead to “respiratory depression, physical ...

Having been kind enough to offer to drop Philly Lay's daughters at their private prep school one morning, her friend decided ...

Siloam Mission has just wrapped up the second day of providing a life-saving treatment for drug addiction on Thursday. This treatment for addiction to opioids including heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone ...

7-OH occurs naturally at low levels in the kratom plant, but the FDA is most concerned with products that contain 7-OH in ...

Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms may be less common than we thought, at least for short-term use – but questions remain about what happens to people who stop taking the drugs after much longer ...

A new review into antidepressant use has concluded they do not cause significant withdrawal effects – but experts are concerned this dismisses the risks of long-term use ...

The review probably underestimates, in our view, short-term withdrawal effects too by assuming that the fact that people experience withdrawal-like symptoms when stopping a placebo or continuing an ...

Warnings about withdrawal from antidepressants have rippled through society in recent years. A new study claims they are overblown.

Because unpleasant withdrawal symptoms fuel nicotine addiction's high relapse rate, targeting their underlying mechanisms with treatments may promote continued abstinence from the drug.

So deducting the rate of symptoms after stopping a placebo or continuing an antidepressant from antidepressant withdrawal symptoms is likely to underestimate the true extent of withdrawal.