Tag: Opioids
Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid...
Benjamin Land, University of Washington
Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result...
Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare
Joel Best, University of Delaware
Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk...
Taking certain opioids while on commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the...
Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina
Taking oxycodone at the same time as certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs),...
How do painkillers actually kill pain? From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it’s...
Rebecca Seal, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Benedict Alter, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Without the ability to...
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...
The ‘runner’s high’ may result from molecules called cannabinoids – the...
Hilary A. Marusak, Wayne State University
Many people have experienced reductions in stress, pain and anxiety and sometimes even...
The opioid crisis is a big issue in New Hampshire –...
Amanda Latimore, Johns Hopkins University
America’s opioid crisis has hit New Hampshire hard, creating an epidemic of overdoses and addiction-related health issues in the early...
Why companies file for bankruptcy – and how it protects both...
Lindsey Simon, University of Georgia
Reports have emerged that Purdue Pharma is in settlement talks to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits over its...