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The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid epidemic; overdose deaths from synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have increased more than 100-fold since 1999. Medications like buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone can all help treat ...
Sep 17, 2025
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Opioid use disorder (OUD) medication treatment saves lives, yet fewer than one‐third of people with OUD receive evidence‐based treatment with medication.
Jul 29, 2025
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Ketamine is a highly effective, fast-acting antidepressant that works even for patients who have not responded to other medications. However, the brain mechanisms important for these rapid treatment effects are yet to be ...
Jul 24, 2025
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Early recovery from drug addiction to opioids and stimulants is physically and mentally demanding, and a long road to recovery.
Jul 2, 2025
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Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has been identified as a potential treatment for Long COVID after a Griffith University study, published in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, found it restored cellular function in human cells.
May 19, 2025
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Nearly 30 million adults in the United States experience alcohol use disorder (AUD), but the vast majority of people with this condition do not receive treatment. A new study led by Boston University School of Public Health ...
Apr 21, 2025
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As health complications and deaths from alcohol use disorder (AUD) increase in the United States, it is critical that people who could benefit from medications have access to the drugs that the US Food and Drug Administration ...
Mar 17, 2025
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In the face of the alarming number of opioid-related deaths in the U.S., there have been national efforts to increase emergency clinician prescribing of buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder. In a ...
Feb 19, 2025
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A new study shows that cannabidiol (CBD) can reduce the craving for alcohol in people suffering from alcoholism. CBD is a natural component of the cannabis plant and has no intoxicating effects.
Jan 29, 2025
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Along with claiming the lives of 1.2 million Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a mass disabling event. Depending on the patient, long COVID can rob someone of energy, scramble the autonomic nervous system, ...
Jan 28, 2025
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