Study: Stop-smoking drugs Chantix, Zyban pose no heart risks
Two popular stop-smoking drugs are as safe for the heart as nicotine patches and dummy pills, according to research requested by U.S. and European regulators.... Read More
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A look at how the opioid crisis has affected people with employer coverage
With deaths from opioid overdose rising steeply in recent years, and a large segment of the population reporting knowing someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers, the breadth of the opioid crisis should come as no surprise, affecting people ac... Read More
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Surgeon General Urges More Americans To Carry Opioid Antidote
As opioid-related deaths have continued to climb, naloxone, a drug that can reverse overdoses, has become an important part of the public health response. When people overdosing struggle to breathe, naloxone can restore normal breathing and save their lives. B... Read More
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What Does It Mean When We Call Addiction a Brain Disorder?
Over the past three decades, a scientific consensus has emerged that addiction is a chronic but treatable medical condition involving changes to circuits involved in reward, stress, and self-control; this has helped researchers identify neurobiological abnorma... Read More
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Officials asking DEA to lift ban on mobile methadone vans
Since the 1980s, mobile methadone vans have been used to treat opioid addicts in under-served rural areas and inner city neighborhoods. But the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which regulates dispensing of the addiction medicine, has declined to license ... Read More