Withdrawal, like addiction itself, reflects the capacity of the brain to adapt to experience. Addiction doesn’t develop overnight; over time, the repeated use of psychoactive drugs reprograms ...

Abrupt discontinuation of either class of drug can rapidly cause withdrawal. Even after a year or more, patients cut off from their long-term prescription face an increased chance of death.

Your healthcare professional might recommend dronabinol (Marinol), a synthetic drug that mimics THC, to help prevent symptoms of withdrawal. Certain anxiety or sleep medications may also help with ...

Pfizer’s decision Wednesday to pull its sickle cell pill off the market because of safety concerns shocked advocates and ...

controlled withdrawal of these drugs is recommended in some patients. There is no general rule to switch to non-benzodiazepine hypnotics in this group. If symptoms persist a trial with non ...

A woman was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury.

Even as it destroys a person’s life, addictive drug use by definition feels good in the short term, and most addicted people ...

Babies going through opioid withdrawal have a distinct ... t consider it to be addiction, which, by definition, means a person persists in compulsive drug use despite terrible consequences.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday alerted patients and healthcare professionals about the withdrawal of ...

Ativan (lorazepam) is a brand-name drug that your doctor may prescribe off-label for alcohol withdrawal. The drug isn’t approved for this use, but it has been shown to be helpful in treating ...

Medication for opioid use disorder can save lives. But fewer than half of jails surveyed across the country provide it, a new ...

In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the identification of prognostic factors (PF) capable of predicting disease outcome, response to treatment or success of dose reduction is an important issue, as these ...