Sarah Richards never imagined she’d end up struggling with pain medication. After a car accident left her with chronic back pain, prescription opioids seemed like a lifeline. Three months later, she ...
Bocka specializes in addiction medicine at OhioHealth Physician Group in Mansfield and is also the medical director of substance use disorder services for Catalyst Life Services, a private nonprofit ...
Prescriptions of tapentadol have surged in the last five years - The Examination After years of misery, Brad Liefvoort managed to beat his addiction to oxycodone. In 2018, he and his wife, Linda ...
From 2022 to 2023, people 65 and older saw an 11.4% increase in drug-overdose rates, the largest increase of any age group, ...
The Metro Drug Coalition offers an art therapy class aimed at helping people in active addiction or recovery develop healthier coping skills.
An epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse has led to another growing problem -- newborns exposed to the addictive drugs their mothers use. At the Catholic Health System in Buffalo, which operates ...
It promises powerful relief without the high or harm. So why is this breakthrough drug still flying under the radar? For years, opioids have dominated the world of pain management. They’re strong, ...
The agency says it’s open to offering speedy approval pathways for new pain medications that can fight the ongoing opioid ...
About 12 million adults in the United States are affected by PTSD, impacting between 4% and 8% of the adult population—and up ...