A new congressionally mandated report examines how opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing between 2007 and 2019 impacted ...

Veterans who were simultaneously prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) faced an ...

PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Central Registry of Clinical Trials were searched for original research on opioid- and/or benzodiazepine-related IWS in critically ill children.

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 ...

Reducing cravings is important because it lowers the likelihood of relapse and helps people stay committed to their recovery ...

Discover the different tests used to detect drug abuse from urine to saliva An expert shares how accurate they are and how ...

Doctors often use different methods to help people manage chronic pain. One common approach is prescribing opioid painkillers. These medicines can be very effective, but they also come with serious ...

"They often contain lots of other much more dangerous substances, other more potent benzodiazepines, but also synthetic opioids." In 2023, two deaths in Queensland were being investigated for ...

Marijuana access introduces an alternative treatment to traditional prescription medication that may provide easier access for some patients. Many state medical laws allow patients with mental health ...

The Justice Department filed a civil complaint against Walgreens and its subsidiaries alleging unlawful dispensation of millions of prescriptions.

Public Health Wales revealed that cocaine was linked to 65 deaths in 2023, making it the third most common substance found in drug misuse fatalities, after opioids and benzodiazep ...