Opiates (derived from plants) and opioids (synthetic versions of opiates) are narcotic drugs used to treat pain. This article will refer to these medications collectively as opioids, as their ...

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. On learning last year she was pregnant with her second child, Cailyn Morreale was overcome with fear and trepidation. “I was so scared,” said ...

Doctors treated the baby with methadone ... Babies going through opioid withdrawal have a distinct way of crying: a short, anguished, high-pitched wail, repeated over and over.

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

Every 25 minutes in the United States, a baby is born addicted to opioids ... It’s characterized not necessarily by dependence or withdrawal but by compulsive repetition of an activity despite ...

Objectives Analgesia and sedation are common therapies in pediatric critical care, and rapid titration of these medications is associated with iatrogenic withdrawal syndrome. We performed a ...

as well as to manage cravings and anxiety during the post-withdrawal period. Opioid overdose mortality has surged in recent years, largely due to fentanyl. Drug overdose deaths increased from 2019 ...

There is no single treatment that ends opioid addiction. People who use the drugs and try to stop face a lifetime of recovery. While some rehab facilities prescribe other drugs to ease withdrawal ...