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

Patients who go off opioid painkillers face excruciating withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, muscle aches and more. Now, thanks to an FDA approval for US WorldMeds' ...

A drug that scientists originally developed to treat depression may have promise for the treatment of opioid withdrawal, researchers say. Share on Pinterest A new experimental drug may help reduce ...

There’s a difference between being addicted to a prescription drug and being dependent on it. “I’m dependent on caffeine, but I’m not addicted,” said Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and ...

New research finds that drug withdrawal-induced anxiety and reinstatement of drug seeking behaviors are controlled by a single pathway in the brain and centered around dopamine cells. New research ...

Jan. 14 -- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Reduced dosages of dopamine agonists, drugs routinely used to treat Parkinson's disease, can cause symptoms similar to those experienced by addicts in ...

If you have trouble sleeping, you may take something to help you at night. You may “self-medicate” with illegal drugs, alcohol, or medication. But substance misuse or withdrawal from drugs can cause ...

The baby girl came home screaming and agitated. Addicted to the pain medication her mother took while pregnant and suffering from other medical issues, she was inconsolable. "Just to change her ...

When Kiran Dwarakanath worked as a doctor in New York, hospitals had entire neonatology units devoted specifically to helping babies born addicted to drugs going through withdrawals. Then he came to ...

Methamphetamine is an addictive drug that has energizing (stimulant) effects. It can be found in pill form or as a white-colored powder. As a powder, it can be snorted or dissolved in water and ...

Although prescription rates for SSRIs and other psychiatric drugs are high worldwide, for periods longer than official guidelines recommend, reliable knowledge about how to take people off them safely ...

The late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist took a powerful sedative during his first decade on the Supreme Court and grew so dependent on it that he became delusional and tried to escape from a ...