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A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in the brain. Early trials show reductions in alcohol intake, opioid seeking, ...

Healthcare providers and pharmacists can a free educational forum about the nonmedical use of prescription drugs set for 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Sheraton Park South Hotel, Topics ...

Last April, neuroscientist Sue Grigson received an e-mail from a man detailing his years-long struggle to kick addiction — first to opioids, and then to the very medication meant to help him quit. The ...

Despite fewer new addiction cases worldwide, a sweeping analysis finds drug-related deaths surging, exposing critical failures in global harm-reduction and recovery systems. Study: The evolving burden ...

ADHD medications are popularly thought of as cognitive enhancers referred to as “study drugs” and “academic steroids.” The drugs do, in fact, enable students to stay awake longer to pull all-nighters.