A researcher posed as a case manager and called treatment providers across the city to figure out how easy it is to get ...

Two months ago, a medication called Lucemyra became the first federally approved drug of its kind to treat a painful facet of addiction: withdrawal from opioids. But now doctors are calling out ...

The number of New Yorkers prescribed a key medication for opioid use disorder increased 7% during the pandemic as health providers battled against skyrocketing drug overdose deaths, a state report ...

Patients who receive inpatient treatment are far more likely to be prescribed life-saving addiction medications, a new study ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.—Joe Hilton was inside an MRI machine, wearing a $1 million helmet and goggles showing him pictures of heroin being cooked in a spoon and injected into an arm. Doctors behind a ...

Medication-assisted treatment is an excellent approach to managing addiction and related emotional symptoms, Rachel Rohaidy, MD, of Miami Neuroscience Institute with Baptist Health, explains.

Studies show promising results for semaglutide as a potential treatment for alcohol use disorder. Semaglutide, a GLP-1 drug, was initially used for type 2 diabetes treatment and weight loss.

The term ‘red’ has become common lately, with some videos highlighting the negative impacts it has had on its abusers.

When MultiCare peer support liaison Chandelle Gill speaks to a patient about their addiction, she can see herself.

Seventy-eight Genesee County Jail inmates have been enrolled in a medical treatment program since officials started ...